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.
  
- Tulu script is similar to Thigalaya script, which was one of the earliest scripts such as Persian and Latin.
- Tulu is a protoDravidian i.e original language.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Kannada Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tulu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
Namaskara
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Mast Upakara.
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Yencha Ullar?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
yedde rathre
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
yedde baiyya
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
yedde madhyana
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
yedde kaande
  
Please
kripaya
  
Daya maltadu
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
Yenna thapu aandu
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
Barpe
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Yank ninade preeti Malpuye
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Kshamisi
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Brahmin tulu
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Jain
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Tamil Nadu
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Girijan
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
1.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
1.70 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Tulu
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Tal, Tallu, Thalu, Thulu, Tilu, Tullu, Tuluva Bhasa
  
French Name
maithili
  
Not Available
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Not Available
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Tuluva
  
Origin
14th century
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian 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
  
Tulu
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
tcy
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
tulu1258
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
All Maithili and Tulu 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 Tulu dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Tulu language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Tulu Dialects are spoken in different Tulu speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Tulu Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Tulu dialects include: Brahmin tulu , Jain. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Tulu Speaking population
Maithili and Tulu speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Tulu languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Tulu Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tulu 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 Tulu on Maithili vs Tulu where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Tulu Language Codes
Maithili and Tulu language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Tulu Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.