Maithil people

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ethnic group ethnolinguistic group social group

The Maithil people are an ethnolinguistic group of northern India and southeastern Nepal known for their Maithili language, rich literary tradition, and distinctive Mithila art and cultural practices.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Maithil people canonical 9
Maithil Brahmins 1
Maithil Hindus 1

Statements (76)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group ⓘ
ethnolinguistic group ⓘ
social group ⓘ
artForm Madhubani painting ⓘ
Madhubani painting ⓘ
surface form: Mithila painting
borderingRegions Bhojpur district ⓘ
surface form: Bhojpur region

Koshi Province ⓘ
surface form: Koshi region of Nepal

Magadh region ⓘ
casteGroup Kayastha ⓘ
Maithil Brahmin ⓘ
various peasant castes ⓘ
clothing dhoti ⓘ
gamchha ⓘ
sari ⓘ
country India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
cuisine Maithili cuisine ⓘ
culture Mithila culture ⓘ
danceForm Maithili folk dance ⓘ
deityVenerated Sita ⓘ
surface form: Goddess Sita

Rama ⓘ
surface form: Lord Rama

Shiva ⓘ
surface form: Lord Shiva
ethnicity Maithil ⓘ
festival Chhath Puja ⓘ
surface form: Chhath

Diwali ⓘ
Durga Puja ⓘ
Holi ⓘ
Jitiya ⓘ
Sama Chakeva ⓘ
historicalDynasty Karnata dynasty ⓘ
Khandavala dynasty ⓘ
Oiniwar dynasty ⓘ
historicalKingdom Kingdom of Mithila ⓘ
historicalScript Tirhuta script ⓘ
knownFor Maithili literature ⓘ
Madhubani painting ⓘ
surface form: Mithila art

distinctive wedding rituals ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
religious festivals ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
legalStatusOfLanguageInIndia Maithili ⓘ
surface form: Maithili is a scheduled language of India
literaryTradition Maithili drama ⓘ
Maithili poetry ⓘ
locatedIn northern India ⓘ
southeastern Nepal ⓘ
majorReligion Hinduism ⓘ
marriageCustom Kanyadaan rituals specific to Mithila ⓘ
Panigrahan ceremony with Maithili chants ⓘ
musicTradition Maithili folk music ⓘ
nativeName Maithil ⓘ
surface form: मैथिल

Maithil ⓘ
surface form: মৈথিল
notablePoet Vidyapati ⓘ
primaryLanguage Maithili ⓘ
surface form: Maithili language
region Mithila region ⓘ
surface form: Mithila
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
stapleFood fish ⓘ
lentils ⓘ
rice ⓘ
subgroupOf Bihari peoples ⓘ
surface form: Bihari people

Madhesi ⓘ
surface form: Madhesi people
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
priesthood ⓘ
scholarship ⓘ
traditionalRegion Darbhanga ⓘ
Madhubani ⓘ
Saharsa ⓘ
Samastipur ⓘ
Sitamarhi ⓘ
Supaul ⓘ
Tirhut ⓘ
parts of eastern Terai, Nepal ⓘ
traditionalReligion Shaivism ⓘ
Shaktism ⓘ
Vaishnavism ⓘ
writingSystem Devanagari script ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Madhubani district → hasEthnicGroup → Maithil people ⓘ
Mithila region → ethnicGroup → Maithil people ⓘ
Tirhuta script → usedByCommunity → Maithil people ⓘ
Tirhuta script → usedBy → Maithil people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maithil Brahmins
Chhath Puja → observedBy → Maithil people ⓘ
Das → hasEthnoLinguisticAssociation → Maithil people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maithili people
Indo-Aryan peoples → hasSubgroup → Maithil people ⓘ
Madhubani painting → practicedBy → Maithil people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maithil communities
Kingdom of Mithila → hasEthnicGroup → Maithil people ⓘ
Sama Chakeva → associatedWithCommunity → Maithil people ⓘ
Sama Chakeva → observedBy → Maithil people ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maithil Hindus
Tirhuta → usedByCommunity → Maithil people ⓘ
Magahi people → relatedEthnicGroups → Maithil people ⓘ