Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Indonesian Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Hai
  
pranam
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
sila
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
maaf
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
malais
  
maithili
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Maithil
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Not Available
  
All Malaysian and Maithili Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Malaysian and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Malaysian and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Malaysian are spoken in different Malaysian Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Malaysian vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Malaysian dialects include: Bengkulu, Pekal. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Malaysian and Maithili Speaking population
Malaysian and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malaysian and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Malaysian and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malaysian language is 1.16 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Malaysian and Maithili on Malaysian vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Malaysian and Maithili Language Codes
Malaysian and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Malaysian and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.