Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India, Nepal
  
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 in
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
5.60 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.