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Madurese and Maithili


Maithili and Madurese


Countries

Countries
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
5   
10
2   
13

National Language
Indonesia, Island of Madura   
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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  
  • 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
Malay and Javanese Languages   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
pranam   

Thank You
matur nuwun   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
piye kabare?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
wengi sing apik   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Sugeng sọnten   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Sugeng siang   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Sugeng énjing   
Suprabhaat   

Please
Not Available   
kripaya   

Sorry
Nyuwun pangapunten   
maf karai   

Bye
Not Available   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Kula tresna panjengan   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Nuwun séwu   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kangean   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
110,000.00   
40
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Bawean   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
North India   

Dialect 3
Bangkalan   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Indonesia   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
15   
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.23 %   
99+
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
15.00 million   
40
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
Madurese   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
madourais   
maithili   

German Name
Maduresisch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Madurese   
Maithil   

History

Origin
Not Available   
14th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Madurese   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
69   
99+
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
mad   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
mad   
mai   

ISO 639 3
mad   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
madu1247   
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 Madurese 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 Madurese and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Madurese and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Madurese are spoken in different Madurese Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Madurese vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Madurese dialects include: Kangean, Bawean. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Madurese and Maithili Speaking population

Madurese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Madurese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Madurese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 % 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 Madurese and Maithili on Madurese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Madurese and Maithili Language Codes

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

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