Maithili

Maithili

मैथिली
34M speakers · Indo-European › Indo-Iranian · Devanagari
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Written in the devanagari script. Uses SOV word order.

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Typology

Word order SOV
Adjective both
Numeral before noun
Adposition postposition
Def. article no
Indef. article no
Tonal no
Gender yes
Noun cases yes

Related Languages

Hindi Indo-IranianBengali Indo-IranianPunjabi Indo-IranianMarathi Indo-IranianUrdu Indo-IranianGujarati Indo-IranianPersian Indo-IranianBhojpuri Indo-Iranian
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