Maithili language
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.
| 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] |
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| Writing system | Tirhuta (Mithilakshar) Kaithi (Maithili style) Devanagari |
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| Official language in |  Nepal Interim Constitution 2007India 8th schedule of Constitution of India, Bihar |
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| ISO 639-2 | mai |
| ISO 639-3 | mai |
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Maithili language edition. |
Maithili Language Media
Consonants in Mithilakshar
References
- ↑ Maithili at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- ↑ "Maithili". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd ed. 1989.
- ↑ Lewis, M. P. (ed.) (2009). Maithili Archived 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.
