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
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
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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
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Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Latin
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Alphabets in
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How Many Consonants
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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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
I Love You
I love you
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Excuse Me
kripaya
Dialect 1
American English
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
United States of America
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Hiberno-English
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
North India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Welsh English
Khortha
Where They Speak
United Kingdom
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Native Name
English
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
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Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
anglais
maithili
German Name
Englisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
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Ethnicity
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Maithil
Origin
5th Century AD
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard English
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Signed English
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
en
No data available
ISO 639 6
engs
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1293
mait1250
Linguasphere
52-ABA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
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English 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 English and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in English and Maithili language. English word for "Hello" is Hello or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common English Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
English vs Maithili Difficulty
The English vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of English 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 English and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in English and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn English is 6 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.