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Maithili vs Korean


Korean vs Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
India, Nepal  
North Korea, South Korea  

Second Language
Nepal  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America  

Regulated By
Not Available  
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
  
  • Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
  • Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Chinese and Japanese languages  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
47  
27
40  
21

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
21  
18

How Many Consonants
Not Available  
19  
9

Scripts
Devanagari  
Hangul  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)  

Please
kripaya  
하십시오 (hasibsio)  

Sorry
maf karai  
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)  

Bye
Alavidā  
안녕 (annyeong)  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Jeju  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Gyeongsang  

Where They Speak
North India  
South Korea  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
10,000,000.00  
9

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Hamgyŏng  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
China, North Korea  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
12  
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
77.00 million  
22

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
33
1.14 %  
16

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
77.00 million  
12

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
33
Not Available  

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
한국어 (조선말)  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh  

French Name
maithili  
coréen  

German Name
Maithili  
Koreanisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Koreans  

History

Origin
14th century  
Before 1st century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Koreanic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard  

Language Position
40  
31
12  
11

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Korean Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ko  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
kor  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
kor  

ISO 639 3
mai  
Kor  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mait1250  
kore1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
45-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Agglutinative  

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Maithili and Korean Language History

Comparison of Maithili vs Korean language history gives us differences between origin of Maithili and Korean language. History of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century whereas history of Korean language states that this language originated in Before 1st century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Maithili and Korean Language History.

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Maithili and Korean 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 Korean greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Korean language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Korean word for "Thank You" is 감사합니다 (gamsahabnida). Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Korean Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maithili vs Korean Difficulty

The Maithili vs Korean difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Korean 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 Korean are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Korean, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Korean time required is 88 weeks.

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