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Korean vs Maithili


Maithili vs Korean


Countries

Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
5  
10
2  
13

National Language
North Korea, South Korea  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
The National Institute of the Korean Language  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
  • 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
Chinese and Japanese languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
40  
21
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
21  
18
8  
5

How Many Consonants
19  
9
Not Available  

Scripts
Hangul  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
13
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  
pranam  

Thank You
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  
Suprabhaat  

Please
하십시오 (hasibsio)  
kripaya  

Sorry
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  
maf karai  

Bye
안녕 (annyeong)  
Alavidā  

I Love You
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Jeju  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Gyeongsang  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
South Korea  
North India  

How Many People Speak
10,000,000.00  
9
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
China, North Korea  
Deoghar, France  

Total No. Of Dialects
12  
12
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
77.00 million  
22
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
1.14 %  
16
0.41 %  
33

Native Speakers
77.00 million  
12
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.80 million  
33

Native Name
한국어 (조선말)  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
coréen  
maithili  

German Name
Koreanisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Koreans  
Maithil  

History

Origin
Before 1st century  
14th century  

Language Family
Koreanic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
12  
11
40  
31

Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ko  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kor  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
kor  
mai  

ISO 639 3
Kor  
mai  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
kore1280  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
45-AAA  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Not Available  

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Korean and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Korean vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Korean and Maithili language. History of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st 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 Korean and Maithili Language History.

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

Korean vs Maithili Difficulty

The Korean vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Korean 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 Korean and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Korean and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Korean is 88 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.

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