Maithili

E8981
Indo-Aryan language language

Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in the eastern Indian state of Bihar and neighboring regions, with a rich literary tradition and official recognition in India.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Maithili canonical 105
Maithili language 7
Maithili is a scheduled language of India 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
branch Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
classification Eastern Indo-Aryan language ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Bhojpuri ⓘ
Magahi ⓘ
country India ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
family Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form: Indo-European languages
hasDialects various regional dialects ⓘ
hasGrammaticalFeature SOV word order ⓘ
case marking ⓘ
gender distinctions ⓘ
postpositions ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive aspiration ⓘ
retroflex consonants ⓘ
hasRich literary tradition ⓘ
historicalScript Tirhuta script ⓘ
ISO639-1 mai ⓘ
ISO639-2 mai ⓘ
ISO639-3 mai ⓘ
languageCode mai ⓘ
languageFamilyPosition one of the major languages of the Eastern Indo-Aryan group ⓘ
literaryForm drama ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
prose ⓘ
notableAuthor Vidyapati ⓘ
officialStatus scheduled language of India ⓘ
recognizedAs modern Indian language with classical literary heritage ⓘ
recognizedIn Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India ⓘ
region Bihar ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Mithila region ⓘ
Nepal ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ
script Devanagari ⓘ
spokenIn Darbhanga district ⓘ
Madhubani district ⓘ
Saharsa district ⓘ
Samastipur district ⓘ
Sitamarhi district ⓘ
Supaul district ⓘ
parts of Terai region of Nepal ⓘ
subfamily Indo-Iranian languages ⓘ
usedFor education in some regional institutions ⓘ
media and broadcasting in regional channels ⓘ
religious and cultural literature ⓘ
writingDirection left-to-right ⓘ
writingSystem abugida ⓘ

Referenced by (114)

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

India → recognizedLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Hindi → closelyRelatedTo → Maithili ⓘ
Devanagari script → usedForLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
northern India → majorLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
subject surface form: Northern India
Google Translate → availableLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Nepali → closelyRelatedTo → Maithili ⓘ
Odia → closelyRelatedTo → Maithili ⓘ
eastern India → hasOfficialLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern India
Bhojpuri → closelyRelatedTo → Maithili ⓘ
Magadhi Prakrit → ancestorOf → Maithili ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maithili language
Nepali American → languageSpoken → Maithili ⓘ
Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India → languageListed → Maithili ⓘ
Vidyapati → notableWorkLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Vidyapati → language → Maithili ⓘ
Madhubani district → officialLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Madhubani district → languageSpoken → Maithili ⓘ
Darbhanga district → regionalLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Mithila region → language → Maithili ⓘ
Mithila region → officialLanguageStatus → Maithili ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maithili is a scheduled language of India
Mithila region → historicalLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Tirhuta script → usedFor → Maithili ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maithili language
Tirhuta script → primaryLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Sitamarhi district → languageSpoken → Maithili ⓘ
Supaul district → language → Maithili ⓘ
Supaul district → officialLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Bihar → regionalLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Magahi → closelyRelatedTo → Maithili ⓘ
Samastipur district → majorLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Assamese → closelyRelatedTo → Maithili ⓘ
Pandey → hasLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Sita → knownAs → Maithili ⓘ
Sahitya Akademi Award → awardedIn → Maithili ⓘ
Uttara → hasOfficialLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Rangat Tehsil → hasOfficialLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Languages of India → hasScheduledLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Indo-Aryan cultural sphere → includesModernLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Eastern Indo-Aryan languages → hasMajorLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maithili language
north Bihar → knownFor → Maithili ⓘ
subject surface form: North Bihar
this entity surface form: Maithili language
north Bihar → languageSpoken → Maithili ⓘ
subject surface form: North Bihar
Bhimnagar → hasOfficialLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Sahitya Akademi → operatesInLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Magahi language → closelyRelatedTo → Maithili ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maithili language
Kaithi script → usedForLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
this entity surface form: Maithili language
Madhesi → speaksLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Padavali (Maithili love and devotional songs) → language → Maithili ⓘ
Maithil Kavi Kokil → associatedLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Benipatti → localLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Phulparas → officialLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Babubarhi → officialLanguage → Maithili ⓘ
Babubarhi → commonLanguage → Maithili ⓘ