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Serbian and Maithili


Maithili and Serbian


Countries

Countries
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

National Language
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.
  
  • 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
Bosnian and Croatian Languages   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Serbian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
30   
12
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
25   
15
Not Available   

Scripts
Cyrillic, Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Здраво (Zdravo)   
pranam   

Thank You
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Како си? (Kako si?)   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Добро вече (Dobro veče)   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Добар дан (Dobar dan)   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)   
Suprabhaat   

Please
Молим (Molim)   
kripaya   

Sorry
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)   
maf karai   

Bye
Довиђења (Doviđenja)   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Волим те (Volim te)   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Извините (Izvinite)   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Prizren-Timok   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Southeastern Serbia   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Smederevo–Vršac   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Serbia   
North India   

Dialect 3
Torlakian   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   
Deoghar, France   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
17
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
8.70 million   
99+
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
8.70 million   
99+
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Montenegrin   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
serbe   
maithili   

German Name
Serbisch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[sr̩̂pskiː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Serbs   
Maithil   

History

Origin
11th Century   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Serbian   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
44   
33
40   
31

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sr   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
srp   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
srp   
mai   

ISO 639 3
srp   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
serb1264   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-g   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Serbian and Maithili Speaking population

Serbian and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Serbian and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Serbian and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Serbian language is Not Available 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 Serbian and Maithili on Serbian vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Serbian and Maithili Language Codes

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

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