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Kashmiri and Maithili


Maithili and Kashmiri


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India, Pakistan   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  
  • 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
Hindi and Urdu Languages   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44   
24
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
17   
14
8   
5

How Many Consonants
27   
17
Not Available   

Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Assalām ‘alaikum   
pranam   

Thank You
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Not Available   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Hach t'ochoktiya   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Hach ch'i   
Suprabhaat   

Please
Not Available   
kripaya   

Sorry
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   
maf karai   

Bye
Khuda hāfiz   
Alavidā   

I Love You
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kashtawari   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Poguli   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Pogul and Paristan valleys   
North India   

Dialect 3
Rambani   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
India   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
5.60 million   
99+
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
5.42 million   
99+
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
kashmiri   
maithili   

German Name
Kaschmiri   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[kəːʃur]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Kashmiris or koshur   
Maithil   

History

Origin
12th Century   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Kashmiri   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ks   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kas   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
kas   
mai   

ISO 639 3
kas   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
kash1277   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Kashmiri and Maithili Speaking population

Kashmiri and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kashmiri and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Kashmiri and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri and Maithili on Kashmiri vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kashmiri and Maithili Language Codes

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

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