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Filipino and Maithili


Maithili and Filipino


Countries

Countries
Philippines   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • "Filipino" was officially declared as national language by the constitution in 1987.
  • "Filipino" is the official name of Tagalog, or synonym of it.
  
  • 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
Tagalog Language   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Spanish Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28   
10
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
23   
13
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Kumusta   
pranam   

Thank You
Salamat   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Kumusta   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
magandang gabi   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Magandang gabi   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Magandang umaga   
Suprabhaat   

Please
Mangyaring   
kripaya   

Sorry
pinagsisisihan   
maf karai   

Bye
Paalam   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Mahal kita   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
patawarin ninyo ako   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bikol   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Hiligaynon   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
North India   

How Many People Speak
8,200,000.00   
11
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Waray   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Philippines   
Deoghar, France   

How Many People Speak
2,600,000.00   
13
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
90.00 million   
17
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
45.00 million   
23
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
45.00 million   
13
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
filipino   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Pilipino   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
filipino; pilipino   
maithili   

German Name
Pilipino   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[ˌfɪl.ɪˈpiː.no]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Maithil   

History

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
Filipino   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No Data Available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fil   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
fil   
mai   

ISO 639 3
fil   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
fili1244   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
No Data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Filipino and Maithili Speaking population

Filipino and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Filipino and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Filipino and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Filipino language is Not Available 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 Filipino and Maithili on Filipino vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Filipino and Maithili Language Codes

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

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