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Lithuanian and Maithili


Maithili and Lithuanian


Countries

Countries
European Union, Lithuania   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Lithuania   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Poland   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Commission of the Lithuanian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.
  
  • 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
Latvian   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Lithuanian-Alpahbets.jpg#200   
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Sveiki   
pranam   

Thank You
Ačiū   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Kaip sekasi?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
Labanakt   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Labas vakaras   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Laba diena   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Labas rytas   
Suprabhaat   

Please
Prašom   
kripaya   

Sorry
atsiprašau   
maf karai   

Bye
Ate   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Aš myliu tave   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Atsiprašau   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Samogitian   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Aukštaitian   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
North India   

Dialect 3
Curonian   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Lithuania   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
10   
10
15   
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
3.00 million   
99+
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
lietuvių kalba   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
lituanien   
maithili   

German Name
Litauisch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Lithuanians   
Maithil   

History

Origin
c. 1503   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Baltic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Lithuanian   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Lithuanian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
lt   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
lit   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
lit   
mai   

ISO 639 3
lit   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
lith1251   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
54-AAA-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Lithuanian and Maithili Speaking population

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

Lithuanian and Maithili Language Codes

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

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