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Maithili and Pashto


Pashto and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Afganistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Nepal   
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora   

Second Language
Nepal   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Pakistan   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)   

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.
  
  • Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
  • The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Persian and Balochi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
29   
19

Scripts
Devanagari   
Arabic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
(salaam) سلام   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير‏   

Please
kripaya   
(lotfan) لطفا   

Sorry
maf karai   
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم   

Bye
Alavidā   
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Central Pashto   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,500,000.00   
14

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Northern Pashto   

Where They Speak
North India   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
21,000,000.00   
4

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Wanetsi   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Afganistan, Pakistan   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
95,000.00   
29

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
21   
19

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
60.00 million   
27

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.58 %   
26

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
(paṧto) پښتو   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto   

French Name
maithili   
pachto   

German Name
Maithili   
Paschtu   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Pashtun   

History

Origin
14th century   
1651   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Iranian   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto   

Language Position
40   
31
82   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ps   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
pus   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
pus   

ISO 639 3
mai   
pus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
pash1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
58-ABD-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Maithili and Pashto Speaking population

Maithili and Pashto speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Pashto languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Pashto Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Pashto language is 0.58 %. 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 Pashto on Maithili vs Pashto where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Pashto Language Codes

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

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