Countries
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
India, Nepal
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
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Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
Not Available
Scripts
Hangul
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
Where They Speak
South Korea
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Gyeongsang
Madhubani
Where They Speak
South Korea
North India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Hamgyŏng
Khortha
Where They Speak
China, North Korea
Deoghar, France
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
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Ethnicity
Koreans
Maithil
Origin
Before 1st century
14th century
Language Family
Koreanic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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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
Signed Forms
Korean Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ko
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
kore1280
mait1250
Linguasphere
45-AAA
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
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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.