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Maithili and Bhojpuri


Bhojpuri and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India, No official status  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
0  
15

National Language
India, Nepal  
India  

Second Language
Nepal  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
  • In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Maithili and Magahi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
43  
23

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
11  
8

How Many Consonants
Not Available  
34  
24

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
राम राम (raam raam)  

Please
kripaya  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)  

Sorry
maf karai  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Bye
Alavidā  
प्रणाम (prannam)  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Caribbean Hindustani  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
16,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Fiji Hindi  

Where They Speak
North India  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
380,000.00  
31

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Tharu Bhojpuri  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
India  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
13  
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
40.00 million  
31

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
33
0.43 %  
31

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
40.00 million  
24

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
33
Not Available  

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas  

French Name
maithili  
bhojpuri  

German Name
Maithili  
Bhojpuri  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Not Available  

History

Origin
14th century  
19th 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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Bhojpuri  

Language Position
40  
31
37  
29

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
mai  
bho  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
bho  

ISO 639 3
mai  
bho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mait1250  
bhoj1246  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-sa  

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

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Maithili and Bhojpuri Speaking population

Maithili and Bhojpuri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Bhojpuri languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Bhojpuri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bhojpuri language is 0.43 %. 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 Bhojpuri on Maithili vs Bhojpuri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Bhojpuri Language Codes

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

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