Countries
India, Pakistan
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Pakistan
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Pakistan
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Oceania
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
India
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, India, National Language Authority, Pakistan
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Urdu is a language of beauty and grace, that adds meaning to prose and charm to poetry.
- Different languages such as Arabic, Persian and Turkish gave birth and richness to Urdu.
  
- 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
Arabic and Hindi Languages
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Ghaznavid Persian Language
  
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Alphabets in
Urdu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Arabic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
خوش آمديد
  
pranam
  
Thank You
آپ کا شکریہ
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
آپ کیسے ہیں؟
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
گڈ نائٹ
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
سلام علیکم
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
گڈ آفٹر نون
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
گڈ مارننگ
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
براہ مہربانی
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
معاف کرنا
  
maf karai
  
Bye
الوداع
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
مجھے تم سے محبت
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
معاف کیجئے گا
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Dakhini
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
India
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
11,000,000.00
  
12
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Hyderabadi Urdu
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
India
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Rekhta
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
South Asia
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
104.00 million
  
15
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
61.00 million
  
19
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
43.00 million
  
14
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
اُردُو
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Bihari
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
ourdou
  
maithili
  
German Name
Urdu
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
[ˈʊrd̪u]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Maithil
  
Origin
12th Century CE
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
  
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Branch
Indic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Signed Urdu
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ur
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
urd
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
urd
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
urd
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
urdu1245
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
59-AAF-q
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
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All Urdu 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 Urdu and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Urdu and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Urdu are spoken in different Urdu Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Urdu vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Urdu dialects include: Dakhini, Hyderabadi Urdu. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Urdu and Maithili Speaking population
Urdu and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Urdu and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Urdu and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Urdu language is 0.99 % 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 Urdu and Maithili on Urdu vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Urdu and Maithili Language Codes
Urdu and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Urdu and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.