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Name: Maithili Type: Language Alternate Names: Tirahutia; Maitli; Maitili; Methli; Bihari; Tirhuti; Tirhutia; Apabhramsa; Bihārī; Maithilī-Magahī Group; Maithili-Magahi Group; Eastern Bihari; Maithilī; Tirahutiyā; Tirahutiya; Tirhutiyā; Tirhutiya Spoken in: Nepal, India Number of speakers: 31,900,000 in India (2000). 40% monolingual. Population total all countries: 34,700,000 (Ethnologue) Code: mai Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: SIL Families: Indo-European (Indo-Germanische, Indo-Hittite) Parent Subgroup: Bihari (biha) Child Dialects: Standard Maithili (mai-sta) Bantar (mai-ban) Musar (mai-mus) Southern Standard Maithili; Southern Maithili; Southern Standard Maithilī (mai-sou) Barmeli (mai-bam) Central Colloquial Maithili; Sotipura (mai-cen) Kyabrat (mai-kya) Dehati (mai-deh) Kisan (mai-kis) Kawar (mai-kaw) Barei (mai-bar) Eastern Maithili; Khotta; Kortha; Kortha Bihari; Eastern Maithilī (mai-eas) Makrana (mai-mak) Jolaha (mai-jol) Western Maithili; Western Maithilī (mai-wes) Tati (mai-tat) Sadri (mai-sad)