Countries
India, Nepal
  
West Java
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Indonesia
  
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 Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Madurese and Malay Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin, Sundanese
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
pranam
  
Halo
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Nuhun
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Kumaha kabarna?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Wilujeng kulem
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Wilujeng wengi
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Wilujeng siang
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
Wilujeng énjing
  
Please
kripaya
  
Mangga
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
Hapunten
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
Wilujeng angkat
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Punten
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Western dialect
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Banten
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Northern dialect
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Bogor
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Priangan dialect
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Bandung
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
39.00 million
  
32
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
38.00 million
  
26
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
  
Priangan, Sunda
  
French Name
maithili
  
soundanais
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Sundanesisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
  
Origin
14th century
  
5th century AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Sundanese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
su
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
sun
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
sun
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
sun
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
mait1250
  
sund1251
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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Maithili and Sundanese 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 Sundanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Sundanese language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Sundanese word for "Thank You" is Nuhun. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Sundanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Sundanese Difficulty
The Maithili vs Sundanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Sundanese 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 Sundanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Sundanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Sundanese time required is Not Available.