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Urdu vs Maithili


Maithili vs Urdu


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

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   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52   
31
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
40   
29
Not Available   

Scripts
Arabic   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
104.00 million   
15
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
0.99 %   
20
0.41 %   
33

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   

History

Origin
12th Century CE   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Urdu   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
20   
18
40   
31

Signed Forms
Signed Urdu   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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Urdu and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Urdu vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Urdu and Maithili language. History of Urdu language states that this language originated in 12th Century CE whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Urdu and Maithili Language History.

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Urdu 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 Urdu and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Urdu and Maithili language. Urdu word for "Hello" is خوش آمديد or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Urdu Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Urdu vs Maithili Difficulty

The Urdu vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Urdu 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 Urdu and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Urdu and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Urdu is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.

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