Language code: mai
Technical information about ISO 639 language code mai
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The table below provides technical details for the Maithili language, designated by the mai code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
|
| Standard | |
| Name | Maithili |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Central MaithiliEastern MaithiliWestern Maithili (Bajjika) |
| Related languages | BhojpuriMagahiHindiBengaliNepali |
| Key facts | Earliest extensive literature was created by the 14th-century poet Vidyapati, whose lyric poems influenced later eastern Indo-Aryan literaturesHistorically, Maithili was written in the ornate Tirhuta script, which has been encoded in Unicode since 2014The language preserves distinct polite, familiar and honorific second-person formsTraditional Maithili folk theatre ‘Nachari’ and seasonal songs are integral to its oral cultureMaithili maintains a rare dual number in its pronoun and verb systems in addition to singular and plural. |
| Sample phrase | नमस्कार, अहाँ केहन छी? |
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The Maithili language, identified by the code mai, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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