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Maithili and Serbian


Serbian and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
India, Nepal   
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   

Second Language
Nepal   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Europe   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   

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.
  
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
5   
2

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
25   
15

Scripts
Devanagari   
Cyrillic, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   

Please
kripaya   
Молим (Molim)   

Sorry
maf karai   
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   

Bye
Alavidā   
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
Волим те (Volim te)   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
Извините (Izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Prizren-Timok   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Southeastern Serbia   

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Smederevo–Vršac   

Where They Speak
North India   
Serbia   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
17

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
Not Available   

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
8.70 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Montenegrin   

French Name
maithili   
serbe   

German Name
Maithili   
Serbisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[sr̩̂pskiː]   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Serbs   

History

Origin
14th century   
11th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European 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   
Standard Serbian   

Language Position
40   
31
44   
33

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
sr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
srp   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
srp   

ISO 639 3
mai   
srp   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
serb1264   

Linguasphere
No data available   
53-AAA-g   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Maithili and Serbian Speaking population

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

Maithili and Serbian Language Codes

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

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