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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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