Maithili

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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.


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 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


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