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Tamil and Maithili History


Maithili and Tamil Language History


History

Origin
300 BC  
14th century  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Tamil  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
18  
16
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Tamil  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

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Early forms of Tamil and Maithili

The Early forms of Tamil and Maithili explains the evolution of Tamil and Maithili languages which is under Tamil and Maithili history. The early forms give us the early stages of the language. By studying Tamil and Maithili history we will understand how the Tamil and Maithili languages were evolved and modified according to time.

  • Early forms of Tamil: Old Tamil and Middle Tamil.
  • Early forms of Maithili: No early forms.
  • Standard forms of Tamil: Modern Tamil.
  • Standard forms of Maithili: Standard Maithili.
  • Signed forms of Tamil: Signed Tamil
  • Signed forms of Maithili: Signed Tamil

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Tamil and Maithili Language Family

In Tamil and Maithili history, you will get to know about Tamil and Maithili language family. Go through all languages which belong to Afro-Asiatic Languages and Niger-Congo Languages and explore more about them. A language family is defined as group of languages that are derived from common ancestors. Tamil is a part of Dravidian Family while Maithili is a part of Indo-European Family. The subgroup and branch of Tamil is and resp. The subgroup and branch of Maithili is and resp. Language families are subdivided into smaller units. Scripts used by these languages also depend upon their family. Check out the scripts used in Tamil and Maithili language on Tamil vs Maithili alphabets. You can also find which is the most widely spoken language in the world on Most Spoken Languages.

Tamil vs Maithili Language Rank

It’s really interesting to find out Tamil vs Maithili language rank. Tamil and Maithili history gives you Tamil and Maithili language rank. The Tamil language rank is 18. And Maithili language rank is 40. The language which is at the higher position has maximum number of native speakers. If you want to know the number of native speakers then go to Tamil vs Maithili.

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