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Maithili and Norwegian


Norwegian and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Nepal   
Norway   

Second Language
Nepal   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Norwegian Language Council   

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
hallo   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
takk   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
god natt   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
god morgen   

Please
kripaya   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
maf karai   
unnskyld   

Bye
Alavidā   
ha det   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
North India   
Sogn   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
Not Available   

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Norsk   

French Name
maithili   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Maithili   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
14th century   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Language Position
40   
31
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
nor   

ISO 639 3
mai   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Maithili and Norwegian Speaking population

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

Maithili and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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