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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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