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
  
Great Britain, Kenya, Malawi, Oman, Pakistan, Tanzania, Uganda, United States of America, Zambia
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
NA
  
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.
  
- Gujarati was the first language of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi("Father of the Nation of India") and Vallabhbhai Patel ("Iron Man of India").
- Most of the words in Gujarati language are adopted from Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Bengali Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Gujarati-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
નમસ્તે (namaste)
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
કેમ છો (kem cho?)
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
શુભ રાત્રે (shub rātrē)
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
સાંજે સારી (sān̄jē sārī)
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
સારા બપોરે (sārā bapōrē)
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
સુ પ્રભાત (su prabhat)
  
Please
kripaya
  
કૃપા કરીને(Kr̥pā karīnē)
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
મન્ને મફ કરો (manne maaf karo)
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
બાય (Bāya)
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
હું તને પ્રેમ કરુ છું (hūṃ tane prem karū chūṃ)
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
માફ કરશો (Māpha karaśō)
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Kathiyawadi
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
India, Mauritius, Oman, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, Tanzania, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Kharwa
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
India, Mauritius, Pakistan, Singapore, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
60.00 million
  
27
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
50.00 million
  
22
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
ગુજરાતી (gujarātī)
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Gujerathi, Gujerati, Gujrathi
  
French Name
maithili
  
goudjrati
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Gujarati-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ɡudʒəˈɾɑːt̪i]
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Gujaratis
  
Origin
14th century
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Gujarati
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Modern Gujarati
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
gu
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
guj
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
guj
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
guj
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
guja1252
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Maithili and Gujarati 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 Gujarati greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Gujarati language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Gujarati word for "Thank You" is ધન્યવાદ (dhanvaad). Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Gujarati Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Gujarati Difficulty
The Maithili vs Gujarati difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Gujarati 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 Gujarati are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Gujarati, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Gujarati time required is 18 weeks.