Countries
Philippines
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Philippines
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Philippines
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Island of Cebu
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hoy
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Salamat
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Palihug
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Babay
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Boholano
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Bohol
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Southern Kana
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
North Kana
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
Not Available
  
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
21.00 million
  
36
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million
  
19
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Visayan
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
cebuano
  
maithili
  
German Name
Cebuano
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
  
Maithil
  
Origin
16th century
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data Available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
ceb
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
cebu1242
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
No data Available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Cebuano and Maithili Speaking population
Cebuano and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cebuano and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Cebuano and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 % 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 Cebuano and Maithili on Cebuano vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cebuano and Maithili Language Codes
Cebuano and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cebuano and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.