Countries
India, Nepal
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Pakistan
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Oceania
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
India
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
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.
  
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
خوش آمديد
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
آپ کا شکریہ
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
گڈ نائٹ
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
سلام علیکم
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
گڈ مارننگ
  
Please
kripaya
  
براہ مہربانی
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
معاف کرنا
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
الوداع
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
معاف کیجئے گا
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Dakhini
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
11,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Rekhta
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
South Asia
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
104.00 million
  
15
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
61.00 million
  
19
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
43.00 million
  
14
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
اُردُو
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Bihari
  
French Name
maithili
  
ourdou
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Urdu
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Not Available
  
Origin
14th century
  
12th Century CE
  
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
  
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Urdu
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ur
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
urd
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
urd
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
urd
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
urdu1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
59-AAF-q
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Maithili and Urdu 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 Urdu greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Urdu language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Urdu word for "Thank You" is آپ کا شکریہ. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Urdu Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Urdu Difficulty
The Maithili vs Urdu difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Urdu 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 Urdu are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Urdu, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Urdu time required is 44 weeks.