Countries
India, Nepal
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
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 in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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)
  
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
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
71.00 million
  
25
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.