Countries
India, Nepal
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
  
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
kripaya
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
13.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
maithili
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
14th century
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Modern Greek
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Maithili and Greek Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Maithili and Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Greek language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Greek Difficulty
The Maithili vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Greek Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Maithili and Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.