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Maithili
Learn about Maithili through verified cultural context, key facts, regions, traditions and references.
Family
Indo-Aryan (Eastern)
Where
Madhesh Province — Janakpur is its cultural capital
Speakers
≈ 11.7% (2011)
Script
Devanagari (historically Mithilakshar/Tirhuta)
Note
A major literary language of the Mithila civilisation, with a poetry tradition running back to Vidyapati in the 14th century.