Maithili and Chinese
Countries
India, Nepal
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan
National Language
India, Nepal
China, Taiwan
Second Language
Nepal
Republic of Brazil
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Indonesia, Malaysia
Regulated By
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Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin Council
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.
- Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
- In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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How Many Consonants
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Scripts
Devanagari
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
pranam
您好 (Nín hǎo)
Thank You
dhanyabad
谢谢 (Xièxiè)
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
你好吗？ (Nǐ hǎo ma?)
Good Night
Śubharātri
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
早安 (Zǎo ān)
Sorry
maf karai
遗憾 (Yíhàn)
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)
Excuse Me
kripaya
劳驾 (Láojià)
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Mandarin
Where They Speak
Nepal
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
North India
China, United States of America
How Many People Speak
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Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam
How Many People Speak
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Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
中文 (zhōngwén)
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
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French Name
maithili
chinois
German Name
Maithili
Chinesisch
Pronunciation
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Origin
14th century
1250 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Standard Chinese
Signed Forms
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Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
zh
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mait1250
sini1245
Linguasphere
No data available
79-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Isolating
All Maithili and Chinese 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 Chinese dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Chinese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Chinese Dialects are spoken in different Chinese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Chinese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Chinese dialects include: Mandarin , Wu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Chinese Speaking population
Maithili and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Maithili vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Chinese Language Codes
Maithili and Chinese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Chinese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.