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ISO 639-3: mai

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Other known names and dialect names: Apabhramsa, Bajjika, Bantar, Barei, Barmeli, Bihari, Central Colloquial Maithili, Dehati, Eastern Maithili, Jolaha, Kawar, Khotta, Kisan, Kortha, Kortha Bihari, Kyabrat, Maitili, Maitli, Makrana, Methli, Musar, Sotipura, Southern Standard Maithili, Standard Maithili, Tati, Thenthi, Thetiya, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia, Western Maithili

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Primary texts

  1. ONLINEMaithili Genesis Translation. The Bible Society of India. n.d. The Bible Society of India. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_mai_gen-1
  2. ONLINEMaithili Glossed Text. Grierson, G.A. 1927. Motilal Banarsidass. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_mai_vertxt-1
  3. ONLINEClause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 3: Texts. Hale, Austin (editor). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8674

Lexical resources

  1. ONLINECrúbadán language data for Maithili. Kevin Scannell. 2018. The Crúbadán Project. oai:crubadan.org:mai
  2. Basic colloquial Maithili : a Maithili-Nepali-English vocabulary with some structure notes. Davis, Alice Irene. 1984. Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass. oai:gial.edu:24139
  3. ONLINEMaithili Swadesh List. n.a. n.d. The Rosetta Project: A Long Now Foundation Library of Human Language. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_mai_swadesh-1
  4. ONLINEIndia and Nepal Word Lists. McAlpine, Eleanor J. (compiler). 2000. SIL International. oai:sil.org:81509

Language descriptions

  1. ONLINEGlottolog 5.3 Resources for Maithili. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:glottolog.org:mait1250
  2. ONLINEPHOIBLE 2.0 phonemic inventories for Maithili. n.a. 2019. Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. oai:phoible.org:mait1250
  3. ONLINEBasic Colloquial Maithili. Davis, Alice Irene. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:1468
  4. ONLINEThe Formation of the Maithili Language. Jha, Subhadra. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:1614
  5. ONLINEMaithili phonetics and Phonology. Yadav, Ramawatar. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:1905
  6. ONLINEMaithili sentences. Davis, Alice Irene. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:2259
  7. ONLINELinguistic survey of India. Volume 3: Tibeto-Burman family. Part 2: Specimens of the Bodo, Naga, and Kachin groups. Anonymous. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:2363
  8. ONLINEA reference grammar of Maithili. Yadav, Ramawatar. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:2878
  9. ONLINEMaithili. Yadav, Ramawatar. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:3736
  10. ONLINEThe evolution of grammar: Tense, aspect and modality in the languages of the world. Bybee, Joan L. and Perkins, Revere and Pagliuca, William. 2026. WALS Online. oai:refdb.wals.info:4254
  11. ONLINEMaithili Grammar. Grierson, G.A. 1927. Motilal Banarsidass. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_mai_morsyn-1
  12. ONLINEMaithili Grammar. Davis, Alice Irene. 1984. Motilal Banarsidass. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_mai_morsyn-2
  13. ONLINEMaithili Orthography. Grierson, G.A. 1927. Motilal Banarsidass. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_mai_ortho-1
  14. ONLINEMaithili Orthography. Davis, Alice Irene. 1984. Motilal Banarsidass. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_mai_ortho-2
  15. ONLINEMaithili Phonology. Trail, Ronald L. 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_mai_phon-1
  16. ONLINEMaithili Phonology. Davis, Alice Irene. 1984. Motilal Banarsidass. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_mai_phon-2
  17. Textual cohesion in Maithili. Davis, Alice I. 1973. SIL International. oai:sil.org:41328
  18. Topics in Nepalese linguistics. Glover, Warren W. (editor); Yadava, Yogendra P. (editor). 1999. Royal Nepal Academy. oai:sil.org:6297
  19. ONLINEPatterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 1: Sentence and discourse. Trail, Ronald L. (editor). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8476
  20. ONLINEPatterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 3: Texts. Trail, Ronald L. (editor). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8526
  21. ONLINEClause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 1: General approach. Hale, Austin (editor). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8549
  22. ONLINEPatterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 4: Word lists. Trail, Ronald L. (editor). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8617
  23. ONLINEClause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal 2: Clause. Hale, Austin (editor); Watters, David E. (editor). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8923
  24. ONLINEPatterns in clause, sentence, and discourse in selected languages of India and Nepal 2: Clause. Trail, Ronald L. (editor). 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8946
  25. ONLINEWALS Online Resources for Maithili. n.a. 2026. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. oai:wals.info:mai
  26. ONLINELAPSyD Online page for Maithili. Maddieson, Ian. 2019. www.lapsyd.ddl.cnrs.fr. oai:www.lapsyd.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr:src10063

Other resources about the language

  1. Clause, sentence, and discourse patterns in selected languages of Nepal. Hale, Austin; Watters, David E., 1944-. 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics publications in linguistics and related fields ; publication no. 40. oai:gial.edu:13424
  2. ONLINEMaithili: a language of India. n.a. 2018. SIL International. oai:ethnologue.com:mai
  3. ONLINErecordings. n.a. n.d. MPI corpora : Evolutionary Processes in Language and Culture : EOSS. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_0021_2155_C
  4. ONLINEfinal data. n.a. n.d. MPI corpora : Evolutionary Processes in Language and Culture : EOSS. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_0021_2153_7
  5. ONLINEworking files. n.a. n.d. MPI corpora : Evolutionary Processes in Language and Culture : EOSS. oai:www.mpi.nl:lat_1839_00_0000_0000_0021_2154_8
  6. ONLINELINGUIST List Resources for Maithili. Damir Cavar, eLinguistics Foundation Board Member (editor); Malgorzata E. Cavar, Director of Linguist List (editor). 2022-05-31. The LINGUIST List (www.linguistlist.org). oai:linguistlist.org:lang_mai
  7. ONLINEMaithili sentences. Davis, Alice I. 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8498
  8. ONLINEClause patterns in Maithili. Williams, Jennifer. 1973. Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma. oai:sil.org:8686
  9. ONLINEMaithili Detailed Description. Grierson, G.A. 1927. Motilal Banarsidass. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_mai_detail-1
  10. ONLINEMaithili Numbers. Davis, Alice Irene. 1984. Motilal Banarsidass. oai:rosettaproject.org:rosettaproject_mai_number-1

Other known names and dialect names: Apabhramsa, Bajjika, Bantar, Barei, Barmeli, Bihari, Central Colloquial Maithili, Dehati, Eastern Maithili, Jolaha, Kawar, Khotta, Kisan, Kortha, Kortha Bihari, Kyabrat, Maitili, Maitli, Makrana, Methli, Musar, Sotipura, Southern Standard Maithili, Standard Maithili, Tati, Thenthi, Thetiya, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia, Western Maithili

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