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Maithili and Santali


Santali and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal  

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.
  
  • Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
  • Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Munda Language  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
30  
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
6  
3

How Many Consonants
Not Available  
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Henda ho  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Adi Johar  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Cet’leka menama?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Boge Ninda  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Boge Ayup’  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Not Available  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Boge Setak’  

Please
kripaya  
Not Available  

Sorry
maf karai  
Not Available  

Bye
Alavidā  
Not Available  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Not Available  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Not Available  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Mahali  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
India  

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
15  
14
1  
1

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
6.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
33
Not Available  

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
6.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
33
Not Available  

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
संथाली (sãtʰālī)  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal  

French Name
maithili  
santal  

German Name
Maithili  
Santali  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Santal and Teraibasi Santali  

History

Origin
14th century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Santali  

Language Position
40  
31
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
sat  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
sat  

ISO 639 3
mai  
sat  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mait1250  
sant1410  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Maithili and Santali Speaking population

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

Maithili and Santali Language Codes

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

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