Countries
India, Nepal
  
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Malaysia
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Indonesia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Thailand
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
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.
  
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Indonesian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Tamil Language
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
Hai
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
terima kasih
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Apa khabar?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Selamat Malam
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Selamat Petang
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Selamat tengah hari
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
Selamat pagi
  
Please
kripaya
  
sila
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
maaf
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
Selamat tinggal
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Saya sayang kamu
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Maafkan saya
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Bengkulu
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,600,000.00
  
25
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Pekal
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Musi
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Indonesia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
175.00 million
  
10
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
77.00 million
  
12
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
98.00 million
  
8
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Bahasa melayu
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Not Available
  
French Name
maithili
  
malais
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Malaiisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Not Available
  
Origin
14th century
  
c. 683 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ms
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
msa
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
may
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
zsm
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
stan1306
  
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
  
Agglutinative
  
All Maithili and Malaysian 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 Malaysian dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Malaysian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Malaysian Dialects are spoken in different Malaysian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Malaysian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu , Pekal. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Malaysian Speaking population
Maithili and Malaysian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Malaysian languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Malaysian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 %. 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 Malaysian on Maithili vs Malaysian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Malaysian Language Codes
Maithili and Malaysian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Malaysian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.