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Japanese vs Maithili


Maithili vs Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
99   
40
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
14   
4
Not Available   

Scripts
Kana   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
31   
25
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million   
14
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
1.90 %   
10
0.41 %   
33

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   

History

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   

Language Position
8   
8
40   
31

Signed Forms
Signed Japanese   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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Japanese and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Japanese vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Japanese and Maithili language. History of Japanese language states that this language originated in 1185 whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Japanese and Maithili Language History.

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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.

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