Langenesis

Indo-European family

Maithili

c. 1100 CE – today Living

Maithili (c. 1100 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Indo-Iranian → … → Magadhi Prakrit → Magadhi Apabhramsha → Maithili.

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Speakers
14M (14,000,000)
ISO 639-3
mai
Glottocode
mait1250

Bihari language of northern Bihar and Nepal's Terai; Vidyapati (14th–15th c.) is its classic poet. Written in Tirhuta and Devanagari.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
  2. Proto-Indo-Iranianc. 2,500 BCE – 1,800 BCE
  3. Proto-Indo-Aryanc. 1,800 BCE – 1,500 BCE
  4. Vedic Sanskritc. 1,500 BCE – 500 BCE
  5. Magadhi Prakritc. 300 BCE – 600 CE
  6. Magadhi Apabhramshac. 600 CE – 1100 CE
  7. Maithilic. 1100 CE – today

Sister languages 4

Also descended from Magadhi Apabhramsha.

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