Countries
India, Nepal
  
European Union, Ireland
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Ireland
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Ireland
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Foras na Gaeilge
  
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.
  
- In Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Irish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
Dia dhuit
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Go raibh maith agat
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Conas atá tú ?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Oíche mhaith
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Tráthnóna maith duit
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
Dia dhuit ar maidin
  
Please
kripaya
  
le do thoil
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
Tá brón orm
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
Slán
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Is breá liom thú
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Gabh mo leithscéal
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Connacht Irish
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Connacht
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Munster Irish
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Munster
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Ulster Irish
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Ulster
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
1.79 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
0.14 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
1.65 million
  
35
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
  
French Name
maithili
  
irlandais moyen
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Mittelirisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Irish people
  
Origin
14th century
  
c. 750
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Celtic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Goidelic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Irish Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ga
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
gle
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
gle
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
gle
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
iris1253
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
50-AAA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Maithili and Irish 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 Irish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Irish language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Irish word for "Thank You" is Go raibh maith agat. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Irish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Irish Difficulty
The Maithili vs Irish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Irish 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 Irish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Irish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Irish time required is 36 weeks.