Countries
India
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
India
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Sanskrit language has highest number of vocabularies than any other language.
- Sanskrit Language has proved to help in speech therapy, also it increases concentration and helps to learn maths and science better.
  
- 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
Old German Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Prakrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Sanskrit-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ)
  
pranam
  
Thank You
धन्यवादाः (dhanyawādāh)
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
कथमस्ति भवान् (kathamasti bhawān)
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
शुभरात्री (shubharātrī)
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
शुभः सायंकालः
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
सुप्रभातम् (suprabhātam)
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
कृपया (kripayā)
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
maf karai
  
Bye
पुनः मिलामः(punah milamah)
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
त्वामनुरजामि (twāmanurajāmi)
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
कृपया क्षम्यताम् (kripayā kshamyatām)
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Not present
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Not present
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Deoghar, France
  
Total No. Of Dialects
0
  
How Many People Speak?
14.10 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
14.10 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam)
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
sanskrit
  
maithili
  
German Name
Sanskrit
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
[səmskr̩t̪əm]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Maithil
  
Origin
2000 B.C.
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Vedic Sanskrit
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Sanskrit
  
Standard Maithili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sa
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
san
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
san
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
san
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
sans1269
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Ancient
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Sanskrit and Maithili 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 Sanskrit and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sanskrit and Maithili language. Sanskrit word for "Hello" is नमस्कारः (namaskāraḥ) or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Sanskrit Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sanskrit vs Maithili Difficulty
The Sanskrit vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sanskrit Alphabets and Maithili 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 Sanskrit and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sanskrit and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sanskrit is 20 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.