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Turkish vs Maithili


Maithili vs Turkish


Countries

Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
11  
5
2  
13

National Language
Turkey  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Turkish Language Association  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  
  • Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
  • Maithili has rich literature.
  

Similar To
Azerbaijani Language  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Turkish-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Merhaba  
pranam  

Thank You
teşekkür ederim  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Nasılsın?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
İyi Geceler  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
Tünaydın  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
günaydın  
Suprabhaat  

Please
lütfen  
kripaya  

Sorry
üzgünüm  
maf karai  

Bye
Hoşçakal  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Seni seviyorum  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Afedersiniz  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
26,000,000.00  
25
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan  
North India  

How Many People Speak
480,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Gagauz  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
140,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
9  
9
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
75.00 million  
23
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.95 %  
22
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
60.00 million  
20
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Türkçe  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
turc  
maithili  

German Name
Türkisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Turkish  
Maithil  

History

Origin
c. 1350  
14th century  

Language Family
Turkic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Turkic  
-  

Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
19  
17
40  
37

Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
tr  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
tur  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
tur  
mai  

ISO 639 3
tur  
mai  

ISO 639 6
tur  
mai  

Glottocode
nucl1301  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
44-AAB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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Turkish and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Turkish vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Turkish and Maithili language. History of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350 whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Turkish and Maithili Language History.

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Turkish and Maithili Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Turkish and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Maithili language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Turkish vs Maithili Difficulty

The Turkish vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish Alphabets and Maithili Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Turkish and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is 44 weeks.

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