Countries
India, Nepal
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
  
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
kripaya
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
maithili
  
arménien
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Armenians
  
Origin
14th century
  
late 5th 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
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic