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Maithili and Hindi


Hindi and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Fiji, India   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India, Nepal   
India   

Second Language
Nepal   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia, Oceania   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Central Hindi Directorate   

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.
  
  • In Hindi language, nouns are followed by post positions.
  • In Hindi, there are many familiar words in English which are in Hindi or of Hindi origin.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Urdu   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
11   
8

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
33   
23

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   
नमस्ते (Namastē)   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
तुम कैसे हो? (Tuma kaisē hō?)   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
शुभरात्रि (Śubharātri)   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
शुभ सन्ध्या (shubh sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
दोपहर के बाद नमस्कार (dopahar ke bad namaskar)   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
सुप्रभात (Suprabhāta)   

Please
kripaya   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
maf karai   
खेद (Khēda)   

Bye
Alavidā   
अलविदा (Alavidā)   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
मैं आपसे प्यार करता (Maiṁ āpasē pyāra karatā)   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
मुझे माफ करें (Mujhē māpha karēṁ)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Khariboli   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Delhi, Haryana, Western Uttar Pradesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
240,000,000.00   
2

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Marwari   

Where They Speak
North India   
Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Sindh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
22,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Bundeli   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Bundelkhand   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
20,000,000.00   
4

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
380.00 million   
5

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
4.70 %   
5

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
260.00 million   
4

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
120.00 million   
6

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
हिन्दी   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Khadi Boli, Khari Boli   

French Name
maithili   
hindi   

German Name
Maithili   
Hindi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈmaːnək ˈɦin̪d̪iː]   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Hindustani people   

History

Origin
14th century   
7th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Standard Hindi   

Language Position
40   
31
5   
5

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
hi   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
hin   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
hin   

ISO 639 3
mai   
hin   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
hins   

Glottocode
mait1250   
hind1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-qf   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Maithili and Hindi Speaking population

Maithili and Hindi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Hindi languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Hindi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hindi language is 4.70 %. 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 Hindi on Maithili vs Hindi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Hindi Language Codes

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