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
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Govenment of Goa
  
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.
  
- Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
- Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Marathi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kokani-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
Namaskar
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Dev Borem Korum
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
kaso assa?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Rati Boren Zavonn
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Sanj Borem Zavonn
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
Dis Borem Zavonn
  
Please
kripaya
  
Chike
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
Maf kor
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
Adeus
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
hav tujo mog korta.
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
upkar korxi
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Antruz
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Goa
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Not present
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
7.40 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
7.40 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Kōṅkaṇī
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese
  
French Name
maithili
  
konkani
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Konkani
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
kõkɳi
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Konkanis
  
Origin
14th century
  
1209 A.D.
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European 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
  
Kokani
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
kok
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
kok
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
kok
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
goan1235
  
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 Konkani 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 Konkani greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Konkani language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Konkani word for "Thank You" is Dev Borem Korum. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Konkani Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Konkani Difficulty
The Maithili vs Konkani difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Konkani 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 Konkani are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Konkani, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Konkani time required is 4 weeks.