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Belarusian vs Maithili


Maithili vs Belarusian


Countries

Countries
Belarus, Poland  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Belarus, Gambia  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Poland  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, National Languages Committee  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Since 1918, Belarusian has been the official language of Belarus.
  • Belarusian include many loanwords from Polish language.
  
  • 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
Russian and Ukrainian  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
48  
28
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
39  
28
Not Available  

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
dobry dzień  
pranam  

Thank You
Dziakuj  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Jak vy ?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Dabranač  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Dobry viečar  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
dobry dzień  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
Dobraj ranicy  
Suprabhaat  

Please
Kali laska  
kripaya  

Sorry
Vybačajcie  
maf karai  

Bye
da pabačennia  
Alavidā  

I Love You
JA liubliu ciabie  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Vybačajcie  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
North-Eastern Belarusian  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
North-East Belarus  
Nepal  

Dialect 2
South-Western Belarusian  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
South-West Belarus  
North India  

Dialect 3
Middle Belarusian  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Middle Belarus  
Deoghar, France  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
9.63 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.41 %  
33

Native Speakers
7.60 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
5.89 million  
26
2.80 million  
33

Native Name
Беларуская мова (Bielaruskaja mova)  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Belarusan, Belorussian, Bielorussian, Byelorussian, White Russian, White Ruthenian  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
biélorusse  
maithili  

German Name
Weißrussisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Belarusians  
Maithil  

History

Origin
18th century  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Slavic  
Not Available  

Branch
Eastern  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Belarusian  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
79  
99+
40  
31

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
be  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
bel  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
bel  
mai  

ISO 639 3
bel  
mai  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
bela1254  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eb < 53-AAA-e (varieties: 53-AAA-eba to 53-AAA-ebg)  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Belarusian and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Belarusian vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Belarusian and Maithili language. History of Belarusian language states that this language originated in 18th century 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 Belarusian and Maithili Language History.

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Belarusian 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 Belarusian and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Belarusian and Maithili language. Belarusian word for "Hello" is dobry dzień or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Belarusian Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Belarusian vs Maithili Difficulty

The Belarusian vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Belarusian 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 Belarusian and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Belarusian and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Belarusian is Not Available while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.

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