Countries
India
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
India
  
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
Govenment of Goa
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
- 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
Marathi
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Namaskar
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Dev Borem Korum
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
kaso assa?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Not Available
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Chike
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Maf kor
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Adeus
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
upkar korxi
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Antruz
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Goa
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
7.40 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
konkani
  
maithili
  
German Name
Konkani
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
kõkɳi
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Konkanis
  
Maithil
  
Origin
1209 A.D.
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European 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
Kokani
  
Standard Maithili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kok
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
kok
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
kok
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
goan1235
  
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
  
Konkani 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 Konkani and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Konkani and Maithili language. Konkani word for "Hello" is Namaskar or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Konkani Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Konkani vs Maithili Difficulty
The Konkani vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Konkani 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 Konkani and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Konkani and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Konkani is 4 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.