Countries
India, Nepal
  
India
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Asam Sahitya Sabha
  
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.
  
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Bengali and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
nomoskaar
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
ḍhonyobaaḍ
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
aapuni kene aase?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
subhoraattri
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
subha gadhuli
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
subha abeli
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
suprobhaat
  
Please
kripaya
  
anugroha kori
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
moi ḍukkhita
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
biḍai
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
kyoma koribo
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Kamrupi
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Western Assam
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
6,000,000.00
  
16
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Goalpariya
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Western Assam
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Bhakatiya
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Assam
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
15.30 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
15.00 million
  
40
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
  
French Name
maithili
  
assamais
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Assamesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Assamese people
  
Origin
14th century
  
7th century A.D
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Kamarupa
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Assamese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
as
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
asm
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
asm
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
asm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
assa1263
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-w
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Maithili and Assamese 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 Maithili and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Assamese Speaking population
Maithili and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Maithili and Assamese on Maithili vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Assamese Language Codes
Maithili and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.