Countries
India, Nepal
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
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
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Alphabets in
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Korean-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
Not Available
Scripts
Devanagari
Hangul
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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)
Where They Speak
Nepal
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
North India
South Korea
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Khortha
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
China, North Korea
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
14th century
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
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Branch
Not Available
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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
Signed Forms
Not Available
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ko
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
mait1250
kore1280
Linguasphere
No data available
45-AAA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
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.