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Maithili
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1 Countries

1.1 Countries

India, Nepal

1.2 Total No. Of Countries

2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Bhojpuri
0 46

1.3 National Language

India, Nepal

1.4 Second Language

Nepal

1.5 Speaking Continents

Asia

1.6 Minority Language

Not spoken in any of the countries

1.7 Regulated By

Not Available

1.8 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.

1.9 Similar To

Bhojpuri Language

1.10 Derived From

Not Available

2 Alphabets

2.1 Alphabets in

2.2 Alphabets

47
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Irish
18 247

2.3 Phonology

2.3.1 How Many Vowels

8
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Hebrew
0 32

2.3.2 How Many Consonants

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
German
9 60

2.4 Scripts

Devanagari

2.5 Writing Direction

Not Available

2.6 Hard to Learn

2.6.1 Language Levels

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bengali
2 12

2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cebuano
3 88

3 Greetings

3.1 Hello

pranam

3.2 Thank You

dhanyabad

3.3 How Are You?

Aahan kehan chhi ?

3.4 Good Night

Śubharātri

3.5 Good Evening

shubh sandhya

3.6 Good Afternoon

dopahar ke bad namaskar

3.7 Good Morning

Suprabhaat

3.8 Please

kripaya

3.9 Sorry

maf karai

3.10 Bye

Alavidā

3.11 I Love You

hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi

3.12 Excuse Me

kripaya

4 Dialects

4.1 Dialect 1

Tharuwat

4.1.1 Where They Speak

Nepal

4.1.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Macedonian
1.5 960000000

4.2 Dialect 2

Madhubani

4.2.1 Where They Speak

North India

4.2.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Dzongkha
700 80000000

4.3 Dialect 3

Khortha

4.3.1 Where They Speak

Deoghar, France

4.3.2 How Many People Speak

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Romanian
1400 96000000

4.4 Total No. Of Dialects

15
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Sanskrit
0 188

5 How Many People Speak

5.1 How Many People Speak?

32.00 million
Rank: 35 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 1200

5.2 Speaking Population

0.41 %
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Xhosa
0.11 89

5.3 Native Speakers

27.00 million
Rank: 30 (Overall)
Abkhaz
0.13 873

5.3.1 Second Language Speakers

2.80 million
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Finnish
0.01 400

5.3.2 Native Name

मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)

5.3.3 Alternative Names

Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia

5.3.4 French Name

maithili

5.3.5 German Name

Maithili

5.4 Pronunciation

Not Available

5.5 Ethnicity

Maithil

6 History

6.1 Origin

14th century

6.2 Language Family

Indo-European Family

6.2.1 Subgroup

Not Available

6.2.2 Branch

Not Available

6.3 Language Forms

6.3.1 Early Forms

No early forms

6.3.2 Standard Forms

Standard Maithili

6.3.3 Language Position

40
Rank: 31 (Overall)
Chinese
1 120

6.3.4 Signed Forms

Not Available

6.4 Scope

Individual

7 Code

7.1 ISO 639 1

No data available

7.2 ISO 639 2

7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T

mai

7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B

mai

7.3 ISO 639 3

mai

7.4 ISO 639 6

Not Available

7.5 Glottocode

mait1250

7.6 Linguasphere

No data available

7.7 Types of Language

7.7.1 Language Type

Living

7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology

Not Available

7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology

Not Available

Origin of Maithili language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Maithili language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Maithili language states that it was put to use in 14th century. The history of Maithili language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Maithili Language History. Maithili has no early forms. Standard Maithili is the standard form of Maithili language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Maithili Language.

Maithili population

Maithili population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Maithili language. Maithili language is spoken by 32.00 million people in the world. Most of the Maithili population lies in the Maithili Speaking Countries. Maithili language is spoken as first language by 27.00 million people and as second language by about 2.80 million people. Get to know Maithili speaking population in detail.

Maithili writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Maithili writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Maithili language. Some languages share common writing systems. Devanagari script is used by Maithili language. Learn more about . 

Information about Maithili language

Check out all the information about Maithili language here. You may find it interesting to learn Maithili Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Maithili Speaking Countries, Maithili speaking continents and Maithili Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Maithili countries knowing common Maithili Greetings will help you in communicating with Maithili people.