Countries
Japan
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Japan
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Palau
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
- 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
Korean Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Kana
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
pranam
  
Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
maf karai
  
Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Sanuki
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Kagawa
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00
  
28
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hakata
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Fukuoka
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Kansai
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
kansai
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
128.00 million
  
14
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
128.00 million
  
9
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
日本語
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
japonais
  
maithili
  
German Name
Japanisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Maithil
  
Origin
1185
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Japonic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Japanese
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Signed Japanese
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ja
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
jpn
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
jpn
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
jpn
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1643
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
45-CAA-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Japanese 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 Japanese and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Japanese and Maithili language. Japanese word for "Hello" is こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa) or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Japanese Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Japanese vs Maithili Difficulty
The Japanese vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Japanese 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 Japanese and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Japanese and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Japanese is 88 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.