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Maithili|ˈmaɪtɪlɪ|
The name of a dialect of Bihari, one of the Indo-Aryan group of languages; also, the name of its script.
1881G. A. Grierson Introd. Maithilí Lang. of N. Bihar i. i. 5 The Maithilí character is nearly the same as Bangálí, differing only in one or two letters. Ibid. ii. 8 Words derived direct from the Saṃskṛit, which were originally neuter, become masculine in Maithilí. 1928Funk's Stand. Dict. 1494/3 Many lyrics in Maithili script date from the 15th century. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet ii. vi. 365 The Oriya, Maithili and Early Manipuri characters seem{ddd}to be somewhat connected with the Bengali script. 1962D. C. Swanson in Householder & Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 1. 74, I have been unable to elicit any [‘diminutive’ suffixes] from speakers of..Maithili. 1968Encycl. Brit. III. 606/1 Maithili is the dialect of the old country of Mithila or Tirhut, famous from ancient times for its learning... The only dialect which has any real literature is Maithili. |