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Khasi and Maithili


Maithili and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not Available  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not Available  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
  • There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
  
  • 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
Not Available  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
14  
4
Not Available  

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
pranam  

Thank You
Khublei  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
thia sukh  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
khublei  
Suprabhaat  

Please
Sngewbha  
kripaya  

Sorry
Map  
maf karai  

Bye
khublei  
Alavidā  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Nepal  

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
North India  

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Deoghar, France  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
15  
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.41 %  
33

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.80 million  
33

Native Name
Not Available  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
khasi  
maithili  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Maithil  

History

Origin
Not Available  
14th century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
Not Available  
40  
31

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
mai  

ISO 639 3
kha  
mai  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khas1269  
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  

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

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Khasi and Maithili Speaking population

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

Khasi and Maithili Language Codes

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

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