Countries
India, Nepal
  
European Union, Malta
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Malta
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for the Maltese 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.
  
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Western Arabic Dialects
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Roman Languages
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maltese-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
  
Ħello
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Grazzi
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Kif int?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Il-Lejla it-tajba
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
L-għodwa t-tajba
  
Please
kripaya
  
Jekk jogħġbok
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
Skużani!
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
Ċaw
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Inħobbok ħafna
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Skużi!
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Qormi
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Malta
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Żejtun
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Malta
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Not Present
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
0.52 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
0.52 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Malti
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Malti
  
French Name
maithili
  
maltais
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Maltesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Maltese
  
Origin
14th century
  
c. 1470
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
North Abric
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Maltese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Maltese Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mt
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
mlt
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
malt1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
All Maithili and Maltese 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 Maltese dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Maltese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Maltese Dialects are spoken in different Maltese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Maltese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Maltese dialects include: Qormi , Żejtun. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Maltese Speaking population
Maithili and Maltese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Maltese languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Maltese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maltese language is Not Available. 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 Maltese on Maithili vs Maltese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Maltese Language Codes
Maithili and Maltese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Maltese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.