1 Countries
1.1 Countries
India, Nepal
India, Manipur
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
India, Nepal
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
1.4 Second Language
Nepal
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
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1.8 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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
1.9 Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
1.10 Derived From
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2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
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2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
dhanyabad
Yamna nungaijare
3.3 How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
3.4 Good Night
Śubharātri
Athengba Ahing
3.5 Good Evening
shubh sandhya
Not Available
3.6 Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Not Available
3.7 Good Morning
Suprabhaat
Nongale haugatl
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Eina nangbu nungsi
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
North India
Bangladesh, India
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
NA273,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA1,250,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
32.00 million1.50 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
27.00 million1.50 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
মৈইতৈইলোন
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
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5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
6.2.2 Branch
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Standard Meithei
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
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6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
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7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
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7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology
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