Thēthi
| Thēthi | |
|---|---|
| ठेठी मैथिली • Thethi Maithili | |
 The name of Thēthi written in Tirhuta | |
| Native to | India, Nepal |
| Region | Mithila |
| Ethnicity | Maithils |
Native speakers | 1,65,420 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | tati1242 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 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]
References
[edit]- ^ "LDCIL Release Documentation" (PDF). LDCIL. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 August 2023. Retrieved 17 December 2024.
- ^ Maithili at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Ray, Kaushal Kishor (November 2009). "Reduplication in Thethi dialect of Maithili language". Nepalese Linguistics. 24: 285–290.
- ^ "Language census of India 2011" (PDF).
