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
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Bengali
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
nomoskaar
  
pranam
  
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
  
Bye
biḍai
  
Alavidā
  
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
6,000,000.00
  
16
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Goalpariya
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Western Assam
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Assam
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
15.30 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
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
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Kamarupa
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Assamese
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
as
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
asm
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
asm
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
asm
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
assa1263
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Assamese 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 Assamese and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Assamese and Maithili language. Assamese word for "Hello" is nomoskaar or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Assamese Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Assamese vs Maithili Difficulty
The Assamese vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Assamese 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 Assamese and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Assamese and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Assamese is Not Available while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.