Countries
India, Nepal
  
India, Pakistan
  
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 in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kashmiri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
5.60 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.