Wiki Languages: Maithili language (मैथिली)
Updated: 17-07-2024 by Wikilanguages.net
Language: Maithili (Maithili language) | Local name: मैथिली |
Language code: mai | Display language: Simple English (simple)|
Speak area: India | Classification: Indo-Aryan |
Country: India | Second language: |
Usage: regional | Wiki language for Maithili language |
Dictionary for Maithili (मैथिली) in Simple English
English | Maithili |
मैथिली | Simple English |
Maithili | |
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मैथिली, মৈথিলী | |
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Native to | India, Nepal and Bangladesh |
Region | Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Koshi Province, Bagmati Province, Rangpur Division |
Ethnicity | Maithil |
Native speakers | 30 million (2000–2001)[1] |
Language family | Indo-European
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Writing system | Tirhuta (Mithilakshar) Kaithi (Maithili style) Devanagari |
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Official language in | ![]() India 8th schedule of Constitution of India, Bihar |
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ISO 639-3 | mai |
Glottolog | mait1250 |
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Maithili (Nepali: मैथिली; /ˈmaɪtɪli/;[2]Maithilī) is an Indo-Aryan language. It is spoken in Nepal and northern India. It is spoken by 34.7 million people. Of those, 2.8 million are Nepalese people. It is the second largest national language of Nepal.[3] In ancient times, Maithili language was written in Mithilakshar.[4] Now it is written in Devanagari script.
References
- ↑Maithili at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ↑"Maithili". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd ed. 1989.
- ↑Lewis, M. P. (ed.) (2009). MaithiliArchived 2013-09-22 at the Wayback Machine Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Sixteenth edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International.
- ↑Yadava, Y. P. (2013). Linguistic context and language endangerment in Nepal. Nepalese Linguistics 28: 262–274.