#maithili

Aesthetic of the languages on earth : Maithili

Source : https://elibrary.tucl.edu.np/bitstream/123456789/693/2/Chapter.pdf

I would have preferred बांग्लाभाषा (bāṅglābhāṣā) or वङ्गभाषा (vaṅgabhāṣā) instead of बङ्गालभाषा (baṅgālbhāṣā), given the cultural connotations associated with the later word in Bengal, but whatever.

I mean, it still needs a lotta work but this is good enough! Also, I'm pretty sure it's mostly contributed to by Hindi speakers lmao:

I also realised that they have made Assamese, Goan Konkani, Bhojpuri, Dogri, Mizo and Maithili available as well on Google translate (on web):

A small shoutout to those who celebrate Vishu - have a stress - free new year!!

A small shoutout to those who celebrate Jamshedi Navroz - have a charming new year!!

A small shoutout to those who celebrate Vaishaki - have a bountiful new year!!

A small shoutout to those who celebrate Jur Sital - have a delightful new year!!

A small shoutout to those who celebrate Pana Sankranti - have an alluring new year!!

A small shoutout to those who celebrate Puthandu - have an exhilarating new year!!

A small shoutout to those who celebrate Gudi Pawa - have an awesome new year!!

A small shoutout to those who celebrate Pohela Boishakh - have a joy-filled new year!!

A small shoutout to those who celebrate Islamic (Hijri) new year - have a blessed new year!!

A small shoutout to those who celebrate Losar - have a beautiful new year!!

A small shoutout to those who celebrate Nowruz - have a splendid new year!!

Maithili (मैथिली)

Basic facts

Number of native speakers: 33.9 million

Official language: Jharkhand (India)

Also spoken: Nepal

Script: Devanagari, 62 letters

Grammatical cases: 0

Linguistic typology: fusional, SOV

Language family: Indo-European, Indo-Iranian, Indo-Aryan, Eastern, Bihari

Number of dialects: 8

History

700-1300 - first pieces of literature in Maithili

1324 - oldest prose text

20th century - the Devanagari script becomes the most widely used to write the language

Writing system and pronunciation

These are the letters that make up the script: अ आ इ ई उ ऊ ऋ ऎ ए ऐ ऒ ओ ॵ औ ॳ ॴ इ॑ उ॑ अऽ ऍ अः अँ य़ क ख ग घ ङ च छ ज झ ञ ट ठ ड ढ ण त थ द ध न प फ ब भ म य र ल व श ष स ह ड़ ढ़ ख़ ज़ झ़ फ़.

Stress usually falls on the penultimate syllable or on the closest heavy syllable.

Grammar

Nouns have two numbers (singular and plural). Although there are six cases (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, instrumental, and ablative), they are not marked on nouns but by postpositions.

There are two adjective classes: definite and indefinite. Honorificity is marked on personal pronouns.

Verbs are conjugated for tense, mood, aspect, voice, and person. In formal style, they also agree in gender with their subject.

Dialects

Eight dialects can be distinguished: Standard Maithili, Southern Standard Maithili, Eastern Maithili, Western Maithili, Central Colloquial Maithili, Jolaha, Kisan, and Dehati.

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