Countries
India, Nepal
  
European Union, Latvia
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Latvia
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Latvian State Language Center
  
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Lithuanian Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Latvian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
Sveiki
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Paldies
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Kā jums klājas?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Ar labunakti
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Labvakar
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Labdien
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
Labrīt
  
Please
kripaya
  
lūdzu
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
Piedodiet!
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
Uz redzēšanos
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Es tevi mīlu
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Piedodiet!
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Livonian
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Middle Latvian
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Latvia
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
High Latvian
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
France, Latvia
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
1.75 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
1.75 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
latviešu valoda
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Lettish
  
French Name
maithili
  
letton
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Lettisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Latvians or Letts
  
Origin
14th century
  
1530
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Baltic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Latvian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Latvian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
lv
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
lav
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
lav
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
lav
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
latv1249
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
54-AAB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Maithili and Latvian 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 Latvian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Latvian language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Latvian word for "Thank You" is Paldies. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Latvian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Latvian Difficulty
The Maithili vs Latvian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Latvian 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 Latvian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Latvian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Latvian time required is 44 weeks.