Assamese and Maithili
Countries
India
India, Nepal
National Language
Bangladesh, India
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
- 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
Bengali and Oriya
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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How Many Consonants
Not Available
Scripts
Bengali
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
dhanyabad
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
subhoraattri
Śubharātri
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
suprobhaat
Suprabhaat
Please
anugroha kori
kripaya
Sorry
moi ḍukkhita
maf karai
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
kripaya
Dialect 1
Kamrupi
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Western Assam
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Goalpariya
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Western Assam
North India
Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
Khortha
Where They Speak
Assam
Deoghar, France
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
assamais
maithili
German Name
Assamesisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Assamese people
Maithil
Origin
7th century A.D
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Kamarupa
No early forms
Standard Forms
Assamese
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
as
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
assa1263
mait1250
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Assamese and Maithili Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Assamese and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Assamese and Maithili Speaking population
Assamese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Assamese and Maithili on Assamese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Assamese and Maithili Language Codes
Assamese and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Assamese and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.