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Preferred term

maiMaithili  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Maithili language (मैथिली, মৈথিলী, Maithilī) is spoken in the eastern region of India and South-eastern region of Nepal. The native speakers of Maithili reside in Bihar, Jharkhand, parts of West Bengal and South-east Nepal. The cultural and linguistic centers of Maithili in Bihar are the districts of Madhubani, Supaul, Araria, Darbhanga, Sitamarhi, Saharsa, Begusarai, Muzaffarpur, Sheohar, Samastipur, and Vaishali . Maithili is also spoken in the Terai region of Nepal, mainly in Narayani Zone, Janakpur Zone, Koshi Zone, and Sagarmatha Zone of Nepal. It is the second largest spoken language of Nepal (around 12%).

Entry terms

  • Maithili language

ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code

  • mai

ISO 639-2 Terminological code

  • mai

ISO 639-3 code

  • mai

Notation

  • mai

In other languages

  • maithili

    French

  • Maïthili
  • Maithili

    German

  • maithili

    Italian

  • Lingua maithili
  • maithili

    Portuguese

  • Língua maithili
  • maithili

    Spanish

  • Maithili

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/mai

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