Countries
India, Nepal
  
India
  
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.
  
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Old German Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Prakrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
शुभः सायंकालः
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
शुभ दुपार
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Please
kripaya
  
कृपया (kripayā)
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Not Available
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
14.10 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
14.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Not Available
  
French Name
maithili
  
sanskrit
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Sanskrit
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Not Available
  
Origin
14th century
  
2000 B.C.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Vedic Sanskrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Sanskrit
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
san
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
san
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
san
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
sans1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Ancient
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Maithili and Sanskrit Speaking population
Maithili and Sanskrit speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Sanskrit languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Sanskrit Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Sanskrit language is Not Available. 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 Sanskrit on Maithili vs Sanskrit where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Sanskrit Language Codes
Maithili and Sanskrit language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Sanskrit Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.