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Maithili and Greek


Greek and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

National Language
India, Nepal   
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Second Language
Nepal   
Roman Empire   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)   

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.
  
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Armenian   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
17   
7

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
γεια σας (geia sas)   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)   

Please
kripaya   
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)   

Sorry
maf karai   
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)   

Bye
Alavidā   
αντίο (antío)   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Cappadocian Greek   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Greece   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,800.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Griko   

Where They Speak
North India   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Ukraine   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
13.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.18 %   
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
13.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
ελληνικά   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic   

French Name
maithili   
grec moderne (après 1453)   

German Name
Maithili   
Neugriechisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[eliniˈka]   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Greeks or Hellenes   

History

Origin
14th century   
1500 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Hellenic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Modern Greek   

Language Position
40   
31
74   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Greek Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
el   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
ell   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
gre   

ISO 639 3
mai   
ell   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
ells   

Glottocode
mait1250   
gree1276   

Linguasphere
No data available   
56-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Maithili and Greek Speaking population

Maithili and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Maithili vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Greek Language Codes

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

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