Countries
India, Nepal
  
Philippines
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Philippines
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Filipinos
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Australia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
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.
  
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Baybayin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
Kamusta
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Salamat po
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Kamusta ka na?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Magandang gabi
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Magandang gabi po
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Magandang hapon po
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
Magandang umaga po
  
Please
kripaya
  
pakiusap
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
pinagsisisihan
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
Paálam
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Iniibig kita
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Batangas Tagalog
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Batangas, Gabon
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Bisalog
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Philippines
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Filipino
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Philippines
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
73.00 million
  
24
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
45.00 million
  
13
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Tagalog
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Filipino, Pilipino
  
French Name
maithili
  
tagalog
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Tagalog
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Tagalog people
  
Origin
14th century
  
1593
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Filipino
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
t1
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
tgl
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
tg1
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
taga1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
31-CKA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Maithili and Tagalog 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 Tagalog greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Tagalog language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Tagalog word for "Thank You" is Salamat po. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Tagalog Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Tagalog Difficulty
The Maithili vs Tagalog difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Tagalog 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 Tagalog are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Tagalog, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Tagalog time required is 44 weeks.