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Maithili and Oriya


Oriya and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
India  

Second Language
Nepal  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Not Available  

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.
  
  • The earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
  • Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Bengali and Assamese  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
42  
22

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
11  
8

How Many Consonants
Not Available  
31  
21

Scripts
Devanagari  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)  

Please
kripaya  
Not Available  

Sorry
maf karai  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)  

Bye
Alavidā  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Baleswari  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
India  

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Ganjami  

Where They Speak
North India  
India  

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Kosli  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
India  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
520,000.00  
21

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
33.00 million  
34

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
33
0.50 %  
29

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
33.00 million  
28

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
33
Not Available  

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia  

French Name
maithili  
oriya  

German Name
Maithili  
Oriya-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
[ˈoɽia]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Odias  

History

Origin
14th century  
3 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  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Standard Odia  

Language Position
40  
31
32  
26

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Indian Signing System  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
or  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
ori  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
ori  

ISO 639 3
mai  
ori  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mait1250  
macr1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

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

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Maithili and Oriya Speaking population

Maithili and Oriya speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Oriya languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Oriya Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oriya language is 0.50 %. 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 Oriya on Maithili vs Oriya where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Oriya Language Codes

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

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