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Maithili and Madurese


Madurese and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
East Java, Island of Madura, North Java, Sapudi Islands, Singapore   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
5   
10

National Language
India, Nepal   
Indonesia, Island of Madura   

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.
  
  • There is unique pronunciation system in the Madurese language.
  • Madurese was first written using Javanese Alphabets.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Malay and Javanese Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
21   
11

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
Halo   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
kripaya   
Not Available   

Sorry
maf karai   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
Alavidā   
Not Available   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Kangean   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
110,000.00   
40

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Bawean   

Where They Speak
North India   
Indonesia   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Bangkalan   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.23 %   
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
Madurese   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Basa Mathura, Madhura, Madura   

French Name
maithili   
madourais   

German Name
Maithili   
Maduresisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Madurese   

History

Origin
14th century   
Not Available   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Madurese   

Language Position
40   
31
69   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
mad   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
mad   

ISO 639 3
mai   
mad   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
madu1247   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Maithili and Madurese Speaking population

Maithili and Madurese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Madurese languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Madurese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Madurese language is 0.23 %. 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 Madurese on Maithili vs Madurese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Madurese Language Codes

Maithili and Madurese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Madurese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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