Countries
India, Nepal
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
kripaya
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
maithili
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
14th century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Maithili and Punjabi Speaking population
Maithili and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Maithili vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Punjabi Language Codes
Maithili and Punjabi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Punjabi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.