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Kashmiri vs Maithili


Maithili vs 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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Kashmiri and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Kashmiri vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Kashmiri and Maithili language. History of Kashmiri language states that this language originated in 12th Century 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 Kashmiri and Maithili Language History.

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Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kashmiri and Maithili language. Kashmiri word for "Hello" is Assalām ‘alaikum or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Kashmiri Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Kashmiri vs Maithili Difficulty

The Kashmiri vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kashmiri and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kashmiri is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.

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