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Maithili and Korean


Korean and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

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

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

Alphabets
47   
27
40   
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
21   
18

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
19   
9

Scripts
Devanagari   
Hangul   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Jeju   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
South Korea   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
10,000.00   
99+

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
77.00 million   
22

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
1.14 %   
16

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   

History

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   

Language Position
40   
31
12   
11

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Korean Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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