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Marathi and Maithili


Maithili and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
India   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Konkani Language   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
52   
31
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16   
13
8   
5

How Many Consonants
36   
26
Not Available   

Scripts
Devanagari   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks   
2
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
हॅलो (Hĕlō)   
pranam   

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)   
Suprabhaat   

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)   
kripaya   

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)   
maf karai   

Bye
बाय (Bāya)   
Alavidā   

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Kokan   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00   
23
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Varhadi   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Vidarbha   
North India   

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00   
12
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Khandeshi   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Khandesh   
Deoghar, France   

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
42   
29
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million   
25
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
1.10 %   
18
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
68.00 million   
16
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million   
32
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
marathe   
maithili   

German Name
Marathi   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Marathi people   
Maithil   

History

Origin
10th century   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Marathi   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
17   
15
40   
31

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
mr   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
mar   
mai   

ISO 639 3
mar   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mara1378   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
omr   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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All Marathi 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 Marathi and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Marathi and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Marathi are spoken in different Marathi Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Marathi vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Marathi dialects include: Maharashtrian Konkani, Varhadi. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Marathi and Maithili Speaking population

Marathi and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % 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 Marathi and Maithili on Marathi vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Maithili Language Codes

Marathi and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Marathi and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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