Countries
West Java
  
India, Nepal
  
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 in
Sundanese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin, Sundanese
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
39.00 million
  
32
32.00 million
  
35
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Sundanese and Maithili Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Sundanese and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Sundanese and Maithili language. Sundanese word for "Hello" is Halo or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Sundanese Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Sundanese vs Maithili Difficulty
The Sundanese vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Sundanese Alphabets and Maithili Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Sundanese and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Sundanese and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Sundanese is Not Available while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.