Eastern Maithili

Eastern Maithili
Purbi Maithili
पूरबी मैथिली
Purbi Maithili written in Tirhuta script
Native toIndia
RegionMithila
EthnicityMaithils
Native speakers
11,100 (2011)[1]
Tirhuta and Devanagari
Language codes
ISO 639-3mai
Glottologeast2315  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]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Eastern Maithili at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. ^ George Abraham, Grierson (1909). "An introduction to Maithili language".
  3. ^ "Language-Maithili-Eastern". GlobalRecordings.net.
  4. ^ "Language census of India 2011" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Maithili Variations". lisindia.ciil.org. Central Institute of Indian Languages.