Countries
India, Nepal
  
Iraq, Kurdistan
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Middle East
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Farsi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kurdish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
Silaw
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Sipas
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Tu çawa yî?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Şev xweş
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Evare baş
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Nee-wa-rowt bash
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
Bayanit bash
  
Please
kripaya
  
Bê zehmet
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
Bibûre
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
Be xêr çî
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Ez te hez dikem
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Bê zehmet
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Northern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Central Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
14
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Southern Kurdish
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Eastern Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,000,000.00
  
12
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
28.00 million
  
38
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
21.00 million
  
36
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Not Available
  
French Name
maithili
  
kurde
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Kurdisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Kurds
  
Origin
14th century
  
16th century CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Kurdish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ku
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
kur
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
kur
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
kur
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
kurd1259
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
58-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Maithili and Kurdish 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 Kurdish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Kurdish language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Kurdish word for "Thank You" is Sipas. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Kurdish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Kurdish Difficulty
The Maithili vs Kurdish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Kurdish 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 Kurdish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Kurdish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Kurdish time required is 4 weeks.