1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Nepal
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India, Nepal
Bangladesh, India
1.4 Second Language
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
1.8 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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
1.9 Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Assamese and Oriya
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
2.5 Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
dhanyabad
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
3.3 How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
3.4 Good Night
Śubharātri
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
3.5 Good Evening
shubh sandhya
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
3.6 Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
3.7 Good Morning
Suprabhaat
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
3.8 Please
kripaya
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
3.9 Sorry
maf karai
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
3.12 Excuse Me
kripaya
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Nepal
Bangladesh, Burma, India
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
NA330,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
North India
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
32.00 million215.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
27.00 million196.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
2.80 million19.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
5.5 Ethnicity
Maithil
Bengalis (Bengali people)
6 History
6.1 Origin
14th century
1000–1200 CE
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Bengali
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-u
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available