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Vietnamese and Maithili


Maithili and Vietnamese


Countries

Countries
Vietnam   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Vietnam   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • The vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
  • The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
  • 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
Chinese Language   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Chinese Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
37   
19
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Xin chào   
pranam   

Thank You
Cam on   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Bạn khỏe không?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
Chúc ngủ ngon   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Chào buổi tối   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Chào buổi trưa   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Chào buổi sáng   
Suprabhaat   

Please
xin vui lòng   
kripaya   

Sorry
Xin lỗi   
maf karai   

Bye
Tạm biệt   
Alavidā   

I Love You
tôi yêu bạn   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Xin loi   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Vietnamese   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
North-central Vietnamese   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa   
North India   

Dialect 3
Mid-Central Vietnamese   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
91.00 million   
16
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
1.14 %   
16
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
75.00 million   
14
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
16.00 million   
17
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
tiếng việt (㗂越)   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
vietnamien   
maithili   

German Name
Vietnamesisch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern) [tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Vietnamese (Kinh) people   
Maithil   

History

Origin
c. 1440   
14th century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Vietnamese   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
14   
13
40   
31

Signed Forms
Vietnamese sign languages   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
vi   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
vie   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
vie   
mai   

ISO 639 3
vie   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
viet1252   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
46-EBA   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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

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Vietnamese and Maithili Speaking population

Vietnamese and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Vietnamese and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Vietnamese and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Vietnamese language is 1.14 % 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 Vietnamese and Maithili on Vietnamese vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Vietnamese and Maithili Language Codes

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