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Sindhi and Maithili


Maithili and Sindhi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India, Pakistan, Sindh   
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
National Council For Promotion Of Sindhi Language, Sindhi Language Authority   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The first writings of Sindhi language were found in 8th century CE.
  • In Sindhi language, every woord ends in a vowel.
  
  • 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
Gujarati   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Prakrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
64   
37
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
42   
31
Not Available   

Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Assalam O Alaikum   
pranam   

Thank You
Meharbani   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Kehra haal aahin   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
tava kia aayo   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Sham Jo Salam   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Assalam o Alaikum   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Subho Bakhair   
Suprabhaat   

Please
Mehrbani   
kripaya   

Sorry
Moon khe afsos aahe   
maf karai   

Bye
Allah Wahi   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Man tokhe prem karyan ti   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Maaf Kajo   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Siraiki   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Upper Sindh   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Vicholi   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Central Sindh   
North India   

Dialect 3
Lari   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Lower Sindh   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
29.00 million   
37
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
0.39 %   
34
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
Not Available   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
sindhi   
maithili   

German Name
Sindhi-Sprache   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Maithil   

History

Origin
711 A.D   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Not Available   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Sindhi   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
50   
37
40   
31

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sd   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
snd   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
snd   
mai   

ISO 639 3
snd   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sind1272   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
No data available   
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 Sindhi 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 Sindhi and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Sindhi and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Sindhi are spoken in different Sindhi Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Sindhi vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Sindhi dialects include: Siraiki, Vicholi. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Sindhi and Maithili Speaking population

Sindhi and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sindhi and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Sindhi and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sindhi language is 0.39 % 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 Sindhi and Maithili on Sindhi vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sindhi and Maithili Language Codes

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

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