Countries
India, Nepal
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
  
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
kripaya
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
154.30 million
  
12
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
maithili
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
14th century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Maithili and Punjabi 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 Punjabi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Punjabi language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Punjabi word for "Thank You" is ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā). Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Punjabi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Punjabi Difficulty
The Maithili vs Punjabi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Punjabi 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 Punjabi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Punjabi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Punjabi time required is 6 weeks.