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Maithili and Tulu


Tulu and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
47  
27
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
16  
13

How Many Consonants
Not Available  
35  
25

Scripts
Devanagari  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
33
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  

History

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
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  
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  

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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.

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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.

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