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Maithili and Latvian


Latvian and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
European Union, Latvia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India, Nepal   
Latvia   

Second Language
Nepal   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Latvian State Language Center   

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.
  
  • The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
  • The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Lithuanian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
24   
14

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
Sveiki   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
Paldies   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
Kā jums klājas?   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
Ar labunakti   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
Labvakar   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
Labdien   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
Labrīt   

Please
kripaya   
lūdzu   

Sorry
maf karai   
Piedodiet!   

Bye
Alavidā   
Uz redzēšanos   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
Es tevi mīlu   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
Piedodiet!   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Livonian   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Latvia   

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Middle Latvian   

Where They Speak
North India   
Latvia   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
High Latvian   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
France, Latvia   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
Not Available   

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
1.75 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
latviešu valoda   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Lettish   

French Name
maithili   
letton   

German Name
Maithili   
Lettisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Latvians or Letts   

History

Origin
14th century   
1530   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Baltic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Latvian   

Language Position
40   
31
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Latvian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
lv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
lav   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
lav   

ISO 639 3
mai   
lav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
latv1249   

Linguasphere
No data available   
54-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Synthetic   

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

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Maithili and Latvian Speaking population

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Maithili and Latvian Language Codes

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