Countries
India, Nepal
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
National Language
India, Nepal
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
Second Language
Nepal
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Pashto and Balochi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
Not Available
Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic
Writing Direction
Not Available
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
dhanyabad
متشکرم
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
چطور هستید?
Good Night
Śubharātri
شب بخیر
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
عصر بخیر
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
بعد از ظهر بخیر
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
صبح به خیر
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
من شما را دوست دارم
Excuse Me
kripaya
ببخشيد!
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Western Persian
Where They Speak
Nepal
Iran, Iraq
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Dari Persian
Where They Speak
North India
Afganistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khortha
Tajik Persian
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
فارسی
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
French Name
maithili
persan
German Name
Maithili
Persisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Persian people
Origin
14th century
1500 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Iranian
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Persian and Middle Persian
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Persian
Signed Forms
Not Available
Persian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
fa
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mait1250
fars1254
Linguasphere
No data available
58-AAC-c
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
All Maithili and Persian 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 Persian dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Persian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Persian Dialects are spoken in different Persian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Persian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Persian dialects include: Western Persian , Dari Persian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Persian Speaking population
Maithili and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Maithili vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Persian Language Codes
Maithili and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.