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Ukrainian and Maithili


Maithili and Ukrainian


Countries

Countries
Ukraine   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Ukraine   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
  • Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
  
  • 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
Russian and Belarusian Languages   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
33   
15
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
22   
12
Not Available   

Scripts
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)   
pranam   

Thank You
Дякую (Dyakuyu)   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
На добраніч (Na dobranič)   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)   
Suprabhaat   

Please
будь ласк   
kripaya   

Sorry
вибачте (vybachte)   
maf karai   

Bye
до побачення (do pobachennya)   
Alavidā   

I Love You
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Podillian   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Volynian   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Rivne, Volyn   
North India   

Dialect 3
Steppe   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
39.00 million   
32
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
0.46 %   
30
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
39.00 million   
25
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
ukrainien   
maithili   

German Name
Ukrainisch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Ukrainians   
Maithil   

History

Origin
1561   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Slavic   
Not Available   

Branch
Eastern   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Ukrainian   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
26   
22
40   
31

Signed Forms
Ukrainian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
uk   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ukr   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
ukr   
mai   

ISO 639 3
ukr   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
ukra1253   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Ukrainian 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 Ukrainian and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Ukrainian and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Ukrainian are spoken in different Ukrainian Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Ukrainian vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Ukrainian dialects include: Podillian, Volynian. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Ukrainian and Maithili Speaking population

Ukrainian and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Ukrainian and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Ukrainian and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Ukrainian language is 0.46 % 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 Ukrainian and Maithili on Ukrainian vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Ukrainian and Maithili Language Codes

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

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