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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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