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Maithili vs Sindhi


Sindhi vs Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
India, Nepal  
India, Pakistan, Sindh  

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  
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority  

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 writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Gujarati  

Derived From
Not Available  
Prakrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
47  
27
64  
37

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
Not Available  
42  
31

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic, Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Assalam O Alaikum  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Meharbani  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Kehra haal aahin  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
tava kia aayo  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Sham Jo Salam  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Assalam o Alaikum  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Subho Bakhair  

Please
kripaya  
Mehrbani  

Sorry
maf karai  
Moon khe afsos aahe  

Bye
Alavidā  
Allah Wahi  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Man tokhe prem karyan ti  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Maaf Kajo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Siraiki  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Upper Sindh  

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Vicholi  

Where They Speak
North India  
Central Sindh  

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Lari  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Lower Sindh  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
6  
6

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
29.00 million  
37

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
33
0.39 %  
34

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
33
Not Available  

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Not Available  

French Name
maithili  
sindhi  

German Name
Maithili  
Sindhi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Not Available  

History

Origin
14th century  
711 A.D  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Not Available  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Sindhi  

Language Position
40  
31
50  
37

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sd  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
snd  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
snd  

ISO 639 3
mai  
snd  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mait1250  
sind1272  

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  

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Maithili and Sindhi Language History

Comparison of Maithili vs Sindhi language history gives us differences between origin of Maithili and Sindhi language. History of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century whereas history of Sindhi language states that this language originated in 711 A.D. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Maithili and Sindhi Language History.

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Maithili and Sindhi 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 Sindhi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Sindhi language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Sindhi word for "Thank You" is Meharbani. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Sindhi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maithili vs Sindhi Difficulty

The Maithili vs Sindhi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Sindhi 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 Sindhi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Sindhi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Sindhi time required is Not Available.

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