Maithili language

Maithili
Maithili
मैथिली, মৈথিলী
	The word "Maithili" written in Devanagari and Tirhuta script
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)
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Eastern Bihari Maithili; ; ; ; ;
Writing system	Tirhuta (Mithilakshar); Kaithi (Maithili style); Devanagari
Official status
Official language in	Nepal Interim Constitution 2007; India 8th schedule of Constitution of India, Bihar
Language codes
ISO 639-2	mai
ISO 639-3	mai
Glottolog	mait1250

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.

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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.

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[e16-1] Maithili at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)

[2] "Maithili". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd ed. 1989.

[e16b-3] 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.

[Yadava2013-4] Yadava, Y. P. (2013). Linguistic context and language endangerment in Nepal. Nepalese Linguistics 28: 262–274.

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