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Maithili and Marathi


Marathi and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
India, Nepal   
India   

Second Language
Nepal   
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Israel, Mauritius   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   

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.
  
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Konkani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   

Alphabets
47   
27
52   
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
16   
13

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
36   
26

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
4 weeks   
2

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   

Please
kripaya   
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   

Sorry
maf karai   
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   

Bye
Alavidā   
बाय (Bāya)   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Maharashtrian Konkani   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Kokan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
2,400,000.00   
23

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Varhadi   

Where They Speak
North India   
Vidarbha   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
7,000,000.00   
12

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Khandeshi   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Khandesh   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
42   
29

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
71.00 million   
25

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
1.10 %   
18

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
68.00 million   
16

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
3.00 million   
32

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
मराठी (marāṭhī)   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   

French Name
maithili   
marathe   

German Name
Maithili   
Marathi   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Marathi people   

History

Origin
14th century   
10th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Maharashtri Prakrit   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Marathi   

Language Position
40   
31
17   
15

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
mr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
mar   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
mar   

ISO 639 3
mai   
mar   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
mara1378   

Linguasphere
No data available   
omr   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Maithili and Marathi Speaking population

Maithili and Marathi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Marathi languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Marathi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 %. 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 Marathi on Maithili vs Marathi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Marathi Language Codes

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

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