Countries
India, Nepal
  
Philippines
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Philippines
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
  
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.
  
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Hiligaynon Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Island of Cebu
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Cebuano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
Hoy
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Salamat
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Kumusta man ka?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Maayong Gabii
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Maayong Hapon
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
Maayong Buntag
  
Please
kripaya
  
Palihug
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
Ikasubo ko
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
Babay
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Gihigugma ko ikaw
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Ekskyus mi
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Boholano
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Bohol
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Southern Kana
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
southern Leyte
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
North Kana
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
northern part of Leyte
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
14.50 million
  
19
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Visayan
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
  
French Name
maithili
  
cebuano
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Cebuano
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Cebuano people
  
Origin
14th century
  
16th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian 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
  
Standard Cebuano
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
ceb
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
cebu1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data Available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Maithili and Cebuano Speaking population
Maithili and Cebuano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Cebuano languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Cebuano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cebuano language is 0.32 %. 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 Cebuano on Maithili vs Cebuano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Cebuano Language Codes
Maithili and Cebuano language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Cebuano Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.