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Maithili and Nepali


Nepali and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India, Nepal   
Nepal   

Second Language
Nepal   
Republic of Brazil   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
People's Republic of China   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Language Academy of Nepal   

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.
  
  • Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
  • Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Hindi   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Nepali-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
47   
27
48   
28

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

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   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
Good afternoon   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)   

Please
kripaya   
कृपया   

Sorry
maf karai   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Bye
Alavidā   
नमस्ते (namaste)   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Doteli   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
790,000.00   
30

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Bajhangi   

Where They Speak
North India   
India, Nepal   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Baitadeli   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Nepal   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
30.00 million   
36

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.25 %   
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
5.00 million   
29

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
नेपाली (nēpālī)   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate   

French Name
maithili   
népalais   

German Name
Maithili   
Nepali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu   

History

Origin
14th century   
19 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Nepali   

Language Position
40   
31
59   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Nepali   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ne   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
nep   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
nep   

ISO 639 3
mai   
npi   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
nepa1254   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Maithili and Nepali Speaking population

Maithili and Nepali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Nepali languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Nepali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 %. 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 Nepali on Maithili vs Nepali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Nepali Language Codes

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

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