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
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 in
Filipino-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
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
90.00 million
  
17
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
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
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
  
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.
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.