Countries
Philippines
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Philippines
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Filipinos
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Australia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Guam, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, National Languages Committee
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In 1593, "Doctrina Christiana" was first book written in two versions of Tagalog.
- The name "Tagalog" means "native to" and "river". "Tagalog"is derived from taga ilog, which means "inhabitants of the river".
  
- 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
Filipino, Cebuano and Spanish Languages
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Tagalog-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Baybayin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kamusta
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Salamat po
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Kamusta ka na?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Magandang gabi
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Magandang gabi po
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Magandang hapon po
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Magandang umaga po
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
pakiusap
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
pinagsisisihan
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Paálam
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Iniibig kita
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Ipagpaumanhin ninyo ako
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Batangas Tagalog
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Batangas, Gabon
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Bisalog
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Filipino
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Philippines
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
73.00 million
  
24
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
28.00 million
  
29
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
45.00 million
  
13
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Tagalog
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Filipino, Pilipino
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
tagalog
  
maithili
  
German Name
Tagalog
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
[tɐˈɡaːloɡ]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Tagalog people
  
Maithil
  
Origin
1593
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indonesian
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Philippine, Old Tagalog, Classical Tagalog, Tagalog
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Filipino
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
t1
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tgl
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
tgl
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
tg1
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
taga1269
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
31-CKA
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Object-Verb-Subject, Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Object-Subject, Verb-Subject-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Tagalog and Maithili language. Tagalog word for "Hello" is Kamusta or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Tagalog Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Tagalog vs Maithili Difficulty
The Tagalog vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Tagalog 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 Tagalog and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Tagalog and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Tagalog is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.