Countries
India, Nepal
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
National Language
India, Nepal
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Nepal
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
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
Regulated By
Not Available
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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How Many Consonants
Not Available
Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
pranam
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
dhanyabad
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
Śubharātri
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
kripaya
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
maf karai
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
Alavidā
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
kripaya
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Chakma
Where They Speak
Nepal
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Hajong
Where They Speak
North India
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
India
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
maithili
bengali
German Name
Maithili
Bengali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not available
Ethnicity
Maithil
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
14th century
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No early forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Bengali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
bn
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mait1250
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-u
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Maithili and Bengali 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 Bengali dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Bengali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Bengali Dialects are spoken in different Bengali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Bengali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Bengali dialects include: Chakma , Hajong. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Bengali Speaking population
Maithili and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Maithili vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Bengali Language Codes
Maithili and Bengali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Bengali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
