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Maithili and Kashmiri


Kashmiri and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India, Nepal   
India, Pakistan   

Second Language
Nepal   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
  • Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Hindi and Urdu Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
17   
14

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
27   
17

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
Assalām ‘alaikum   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
Not Available   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
Hach t'ochoktiya   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
Hach ch'i   

Please
kripaya   
Not Available   

Sorry
maf karai   
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)   

Bye
Alavidā   
Khuda hāfiz   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
be chus che seth mohabat karaan   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Kashtawari   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India   

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Poguli   

Where They Speak
North India   
Pogul and Paristan valleys   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Rambani   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
4   
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
Not Available   

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
5.42 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
कॉशुर / كٲشُر   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur   

French Name
maithili   
kashmiri   

German Name
Maithili   
Kaschmiri   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[kəːʃur]   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Kashmiris or koshur   

History

Origin
14th century   
12th 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   
Kashmiri   

Language Position
40   
31
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ks   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
kas   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
kas   

ISO 639 3
mai   
kas   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
kash1277   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Maithili and Kashmiri Speaking population

Maithili and Kashmiri speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Kashmiri languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Kashmiri Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kashmiri language is Not Available. 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 Kashmiri on Maithili vs Kashmiri where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Kashmiri Language Codes

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

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