Countries
India, Nepal
  
Philippines
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Philippines
  
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
  
Commission on the Filipino Language
  
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.
  
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Ilokano Braille, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
Kablaaw
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Agyamanak
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Kumusta?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Naimbag a rabii
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Naimbag a sardam
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Naimbag a malem
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
Naimbag a bigat
  
Please
kripaya
  
Not available
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
Agpakawanak
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
Pakada
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Ayayatenka
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Maawan-dayawen
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Balangao
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Bontoc
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Not present
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
9.10 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
9.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
ilokano
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Ilokano, Iloko
  
French Name
maithili
  
ilocano
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Ilokano-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Ilocano people
  
Origin
14th century
  
18th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian 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
  
Modern Ilocano
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
ilo
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
ilok1237
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CBA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Maithili and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Ilocano language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Ilocano Difficulty
The Maithili vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Ilocano time required is Not Available.