Eastern Maithili
| Eastern Maithili | |
|---|---|
| Purbi Maithili | |
| पूरबी मैथिली | |
 Purbi Maithili written in Tirhuta script | |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Mithila |
| Ethnicity | Maithils |
Native speakers | 11,100 (2011)[1] |
| Tirhuta and Devanagari | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mai |
| Glottolog | east2315 Eastern Maithili |
Eastern Maithili or Purbi Maithili is a dialect of Maithili language, spoken primarily in Mithila region of India. It is mainly spoken in Purnia division of Bihar, India.[2][3] It has almost 11,116 speakers according to the 2011 census of India.[4][1] It is very similar to the Angika dialect of Maithili, which is spoken in the Bhagalpur and Dumka regions. Like its neighbor Bengali, it is phonetically characterized by a rounded 'a' sound (halfway between 'a' and 'o', similar to the 'o' in the Bengali name 'Subroto') at the end of certain words.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Eastern Maithili at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
- ^ George Abraham, Grierson (1909). "An introduction to Maithili language".
- ^ "Language-Maithili-Eastern". GlobalRecordings.net.
- ^ "Language census of India 2011" (PDF).
- ^ "Maithili Variations". lisindia.ciil.org. Central Institute of Indian Languages.
