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Maithili and Konkani


Konkani and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
India  

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  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Marathi  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
16  
13

How Many Consonants
Not Available  
36  
26

Scripts
Devanagari  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Namaskar  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
kripaya  
Chike  

Sorry
maf karai  
Maf kor  

Bye
Alavidā  
Adeus  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Goa  

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Not present  

Where They Speak
North India  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
33
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
33
Not Available  

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
maithili  
konkani  

German Name
Maithili  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
14th century  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Kokani  

Language Position
40  
31
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
kok  

ISO 639 3
mai  
kok  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mait1250  
goan1235  

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

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Maithili and Konkani Speaking population

Maithili and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Maithili vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Konkani Language Codes

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