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Maithili and Punjabi


Punjabi and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
India, Pakistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
47   
27
53   
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
9   
6

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
41   
30

Scripts
Devanagari   
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
30   
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
154.30 million   
12

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
1.44 %   
11

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   

History

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
40   
31
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Indian Signing System (ISS)   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

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   

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

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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.

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