Countries
India, Nepal
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
India, Nepal
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
Nepal
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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How Many Consonants
Not Available
Scripts
Devanagari
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
pranam
ഹലോ (halēā)
Thank You
dhanyabad
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
Śubharātri
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
kripaya
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
maf karai
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
kripaya
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
Nepal
Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Mappila
Where They Speak
North India
India
Dialect 3
Khortha
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
France, kerala
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
maithili
malayalam
German Name
Maithili
Malayalam
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Maithil
Malayali
Origin
14th century
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ml
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mait1250
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Maithili and Malayalam 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 Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Malayalam Speaking population
Maithili and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Maithili vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Malayalam Language Codes
Maithili and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.