Countries
India, Nepal
  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
North Korea, South Korea
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
The National Institute of the Korean Language
  
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.
  
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Chinese and Japanese languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Hangul
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
  
Please
kripaya
  
하십시오 (hasibsio)
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
안녕 (annyeong)
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Jeju
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Gyeongsang
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
South Korea
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
10,000,000.00
  
9
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Hamgyŏng
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
China, North Korea
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
77.00 million
  
22
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
한국어 (조선말)
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
  
French Name
maithili
  
coréen
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Koreanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Koreans
  
Origin
14th century
  
Before 1st century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Koreanic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Korean Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ko
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
kor
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
kor
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
Kor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
kore1280
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative
  
Maithili and Korean Speaking population
Maithili and Korean speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Korean languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Korean Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Korean language is 1.14 %. 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 Korean on Maithili vs Korean where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Korean Language Codes
Maithili and Korean language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Korean Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.