Countries
India, Nepal
  
Japan
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Japan
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Pacific
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Palau
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education
  
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 Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
- There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Korean Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Japanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Kana
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
ありがとう (Arigatō)
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
こんばんは (Konbanwa)
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
おはよう (Ohayō)
  
Please
kripaya
  
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
さようなら (Sayōnara)
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
すみません (Sumimasen)
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Sanuki
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Kagawa
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,000,000.00
  
28
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Hakata
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Fukuoka
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Kansai
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
kansai
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
128.00 million
  
14
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
128.00 million
  
9
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
日本語
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Not Available
  
French Name
maithili
  
japonais
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Japanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Japanese (Yamato)
  
Origin
14th century
  
1185
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Japonic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Japanese
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Japanese
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ja
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
jpn
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
nucl1643
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
45-CAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Maithili and Japanese 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 Japanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Japanese language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Japanese word for "Thank You" is ありがとう (Arigatō). Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Japanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Japanese Difficulty
The Maithili vs Japanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Japanese 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 Japanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Japanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Japanese time required is 88 weeks.