Countries
India, Nepal
  
India
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
India
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
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 earliest literature in Oriya was traced in 7th to 9th centuries.
- Since Odia is having a long literary history and has not borrowed largely from other languages, it is the 6th classical language in India.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Bengali and Assamese
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Oriya-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Bengali, Odia alphabet (Brahmic)
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
ନମସ୍କାର (namascara)
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad)
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
କେମିତି ଅତ୍ଚନ୍ଥି? (kemiti achanti?)
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
ସୁଭରାତ୍ର (shubharaatra)
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
ସୁଭସନ୍ଧ୍ୟା (subha sandhya)
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
ସୁଭ ଖରା ବେଳ (shubha kharaa bela)
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
ସୁପ୍ରଭାତ (suprabhaata)
  
Please
kripaya
  
Not Available
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
ମୁଁ ଦୁଃଖିତ (mū duḥkhita)
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
ସୁବିଦାୟ (shubidaaya)
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ଭଲ ପାଏ (mu tumoku bhala paye)
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
କ୍ଷମା କରିବେ (kyamā karibe)
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Baleswari
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
India
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Ganjami
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Kosli
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
33.00 million
  
34
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
33.00 million
  
28
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
ଓଡ଼ିଆ (ōṛiyā)
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Odisha, Odri, Odrum, Oliya, Uriya, Utkali, Vadiya, Yudhia
  
French Name
maithili
  
oriya
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Oriya-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈoɽia]
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Odias
  
Origin
14th century
  
3 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Standard Odia
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
or
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
ori
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
ori
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
ori
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
macr1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Maithili and Oriya 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 Oriya greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Oriya language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Oriya word for "Thank You" is ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ୍ (dhanyabaad). Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Oriya Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Oriya Difficulty
The Maithili vs Oriya difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Oriya 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 Oriya are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Oriya, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Oriya time required is 44 weeks.