Countries
India, Nepal
India, Nepal
National Language
Nepal
India, Nepal
Second Language
Republic of Brazil
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
People's Republic of China
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Language Academy of Nepal
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- Before the term "Nepali" was coined, historically the language was first called the Khas language, Gorkhali or Gukhali.
- Nepali has borrowed many loanwords from neighboring Tibeto-Burmese languages.
- 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
Hindi
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
Not Available
Scripts
Devanagari
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Hello
नमस्ते (namaste)
pranam
Thank You
धन्यवाद (dhanyabad)
dhanyabad
How Are You?
तिमीलाई कस्तो छ? (timi lai kasto cha?)
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
शुभ रात्री (subha ratri)
Śubharātri
Good Evening
शुभ सन्ध्या (subha sandhya)
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
Good afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (subha prabhat)
Suprabhaat
Sorry
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
maf karai
Bye
नमस्ते (namaste)
Alavidā
I Love You
म तपाइलाइ माया गर्छु। (ma tapainlai maya garchu)
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
माफ गनुस् (maapha ganus)
kripaya
Dialect 1
Doteli
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Nepal
Nepal
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Bajhangi
Madhubani
Where They Speak
India, Nepal
North India
Dialect 3
Baitadeli
Khortha
Where They Speak
Nepal
Deoghar, France
Native Name
नेपाली (nēpālī)
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Eastern Pahadi, Gorkhali, Gurkhali, Khaskura, Nepalese, Parbate
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
népalais
maithili
German Name
Nepali
Maithili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Gurkha, Khas people, Madhesi and Tharu
Maithil
Origin
19 BC
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
Not Available
Branch
Indic
Not Available
Early Forms
Khas language, Gurkhali, Parbatiya, Dzongkha Lhotshammikha
No early forms
Standard Forms
Nepali
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Signed Nepali
Not Available
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
ne
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
nepa1254
mait1250
Linguasphere
12
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Not Available
All Nepali 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 Nepali and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Nepali and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Nepali are spoken in different Nepali Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Nepali vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Nepali dialects include: Doteli, Bajhangi. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Nepali and Maithili Speaking population
Nepali and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Nepali and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Nepali and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Nepali language is 0.25 % 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 Nepali and Maithili on Nepali vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Nepali and Maithili Language Codes
Nepali and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Nepali and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.