Countries
India, Nepal
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
  
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
kripaya
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
49.00 million
  
29
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
maithili
  
kannada
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
14th century
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Modern Kannada
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Maithili and Kannada Speaking population
Maithili and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. 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 Kannada on Maithili vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Kannada Language Codes
Maithili and Kannada language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Kannada Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.