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 Koshi Province of Nepal.[3] It has 165,000 speakers in India according to the 2011 census.[4]
| Thēthi | |
|---|---|
| Thethi Maithili | |
 The name of Thēthi written in Tirhuta | |
| Native to | India, Nepal |
| Region | Mithila |
| Ethnicity | Maithils |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | tati1242 Tati (Maithili) |
References
edit- ^ https://www.ldcil.org/download/LDCIL_Release_Documentation.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Maithili at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Ray, Kaushal Kishor (November 2009). "Reduplication in Thethi dialect of Maithili language". Nepalese Linguistics. 24: 285–290.
- ^ "STATEMENT-1 | ABSTRACT OF SPEAKERS' STRENGTH OF LANGUAGES AND MOTHER TONGUES - 2011" (PDF). Census of India website.
