Thēthi

Maithili dialect of India and Nepal

Thēthi
Thethi Maithili
The name of Thēthi written in Tirhuta
Native toIndia, Nepal
RegionMithila
EthnicityMaithils
Language family
Indo-European
  • Indo-Iranian
    • Indo-Aryan
      • Eastern
        • Bihari
          • Maithili
            • Thēthi
Language codes
ISO 639-3–
Glottologtati1242  Tati (Maithili)

Thēthi, also known as Thēth, Thethiya, Thenthi, or Thati, is a Maithili dialect, mainly spoken in the Mithila region of India and Nepal.[1][2] It is spoken mainly in Kosi, Purnia and Munger divisions of Bihar, India and in some of the adjoining districts of Nepal.[3] It has 165,000 speakers in India according to the 2011 census.[4]

References

  1. ^ https://www.ldcil.org/download/LDCIL_Release_Documentation.pdf
  2. ^ Maithili at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
  3. ^ Ray, Kaushal Kishor (November 2009). "Reduplication in Thethi dialect of Maithili language". Nepalese Linguistics. 24: 285–290.
  4. ^ "STATEMENT-1 | ABSTRACT OF SPEAKERS' STRENGTH OF LANGUAGES AND MOTHER TONGUES - 2011" (PDF). Census of India website.
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