Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India, Nepal
  
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 in
Sindhi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Arabic, Devanagari
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
29.00 million
  
37
32.00 million
  
35
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.