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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

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