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Maithili and English


Countries

Countries
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
33   
2
2   
13

National Language
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
South Africa   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
7   
6
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hello   
pranam   

Thank You
Thank you   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
How are you?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
Good Night   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Good Evening   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Good Afternoon   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Good Morning   
Suprabhaat   

Please
Please   
kripaya   

Sorry
Sorry   
maf karai   

Bye
Bye   
Alavidā   

I Love You
I love you   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Excuse Me   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
American English   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
United States of America   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
225,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Hiberno-English   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   
North India   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Welsh English   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
United Kingdom   
Deoghar, France   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
14
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
188   
34
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1,200.00 million   
1
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
5.43 %   
4
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
400.00 million   
3
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
400.00 million   
1
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
English   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
anglais   
maithili   

German Name
Englisch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Maithil   

History

Origin
5th Century AD   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard English   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
3   
3
40   
31

Signed Forms
Signed English   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
en   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
eng   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
eng   
mai   

ISO 639 3
eng   
mai   

ISO 639 6
engs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1293   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
52-ABA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All English 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 English and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of English and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of English are spoken in different English Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking English vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the English dialects include: American English, Hiberno-English. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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English and Maithili Speaking population

English and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which English and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of English and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 % 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 English and Maithili on English vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

English and Maithili Language Codes

English and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. English and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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