Countries
India, Nepal
India
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 in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
Not Available
Scripts
Devanagari
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
14th century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Santali
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mait1250
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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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.