ISO 639-3 · maimai
Indo-European family
Maithili
मैथिली
Maithili is a language of the Indo-Aryan branch (Indo-European), spoken in India and Nepal. Wikidata counts 33.9 m first-language speakers (2019) and 195,000 who speak it as a second language. Wikidata describes it as “Indo-Aryan language spoken in India and Nepal”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
mai- Glottocode
mait1250- Family
- Indo-European
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- Centre point
- 26.00, 87.00
- Wikipedia
- 91 language editions
33.9 mfirst-language speakers
195,000second-language speakers
2countries
3scripts
3levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Maithili · मैथिली |
|---|---|
| Also called | Maithili language |
| L1 speakers | 33,900,000 (2019) |
| L2 speakers | 195,000 (2001) |
| Written in | Devanagari, Kaithi, Tirhuta |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Indo-European to Maithili
The branches above Maithili, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.
Also spoken in India
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