Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
China, Guangdong
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Hawaii
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
  
- 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
Chinese Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
您好
  
pranam
  
Thank You
谢谢
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
你好吗?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
晚安
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
晚上好
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
下午好
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
早上好
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
请
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
遗憾
  
maf karai
  
Bye
再见
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
我爱你
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
原谅我
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Guangzhou
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Xiguan
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Hong Kong
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
60.00 million
  
27
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
52.00 million
  
21
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
Not Available
  
maithili
  
German Name
Not Available
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Maithil
  
Origin
17th century
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
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Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
  
Standard Maithili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Not Available
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
Not Available
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
Not Available
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
No data available
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cant1236
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Maithili Speaking population
Cantonese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Maithili on Cantonese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Maithili Language Codes
Cantonese and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.