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
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
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.