Concept information
Preferred term
Maithili
Definition
- Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language variety in the broader Indo-European language family. It is spoken in the Mithila region in north-eastern India and Nepal. It is one of the 22 scheduled languages of India. In the 1960s and the 1970s, when the Maithili speakers demanded a separate Mithila state, the speakers of the closely related varieties, Angika and Bajjika, made counter-demands for recognition of their languages.
Identifier
- MAI
Notation
- mai
In other languages
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Maithili
Maithili
URI
http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/MAI
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