Talk:Maithili language
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It is wrongly written that the Maithili speaking population is 24 million. The actual number of Maithili speaking population is only 10 Lakh. Maithili language is spoken mainly in Darbhanga,Madhubani and part of Saharsa, Madhepura, and Supoul districts of Bihar.
I have recently created a page for Mithilakshar and now it is linked to this page. Please visit. It has the script uploaded.
Reply: The confusion regarding the number of speakers of Maithili is dual:
- The exact definition of Maithili language is vague and some times taken to include speakers of other related dialects which are sometimes classified under Magahi, Bhojpuri, Nepali or others.
- There are quite a substantial number of speakers of Maithili in Nepal. The wikipedia page of Nepal puts the figure to 12.1% of the Nepalese population which comes to about 3255960 ,ie 3.25 million.
Rohitcadz 13:37, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] User Language Template for Maithili-Wikipedia:Babel
I have (painstakingly!) edited the Wikipedia:Babel page and created a category for maithili and the templates. These are used in the user pages and make it easier to contact who communicate in a certain (eg maithili) language. All Maithili speakers (with varying degree of proficiencies) please add the relevant userbox to your user pages. Please also try to improve the user box as I am not very proficient at it. Rohitcadz 13:28, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
