Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
- 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
Telugu
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
pranam
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
maf karai
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
kannada
  
maithili
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Maithil
  
Origin
c. 450
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
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
  
Kannada and Maithili Speaking population
Kannada and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % 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 Kannada and Maithili on Kannada vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Kannada and Maithili Language Codes
Kannada and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Kannada and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.