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Sundanese and Maithili


Maithili and Sundanese


Countries

Countries
West Java   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Indonesia   
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
  • The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
  
  • 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
Madurese and Malay Languages   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
Not Available   
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
16   
6
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin, Sundanese   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Greetings

Hello
Halo   
pranam   

Thank You
Nuhun   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Kumaha kabarna?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
Wilujeng kulem   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Wilujeng wengi   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Wilujeng siang   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Wilujeng énjing   
Suprabhaat   

Please
Mangga   
kripaya   

Sorry
Hapunten   
maf karai   

Bye
Wilujeng angkat   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Punten   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Western dialect   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Banten   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Northern dialect   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Bogor   
North India   

Dialect 3
Priangan dialect   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Bandung   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
0.57 %   
27
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
Not Available   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Priangan, Sunda   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
soundanais   
maithili   

German Name
Sundanesisch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui   
Maithil   

History

Origin
5th century AD   
14th century   

Language Family
Austronesian Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indonesian   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Sundanese   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
su   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sun   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
sun   
mai   

ISO 639 3
sun   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
sund1251   
mait1250   

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

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Sundanese and Maithili Speaking population

Sundanese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Sundanese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Sundanese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Sundanese language is 0.57 % 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 Sundanese and Maithili on Sundanese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Sundanese and Maithili Language Codes

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

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