Craft · Maithili
Mithila painting
Wall and paper painting of gods, ponds and marriage symbols.
Province
Madhesh Province
मधेश प्रदेश
The Maithili plain: Mithila painting, Vidyapati's songs and the Tirhuta script, alongside Bhojpuri and Bajjika villages.
- Languages
- 4
- Districts
- 8
- Capital
- Janakpur
Districts of Madhesh — click one for its languages
Languages spoken here
4 languages, each with its own archive
Maithili
Vital𑒧𑒻𑒟𑒱𑒪𑒲 / मैथिली
Maithili is the language of Mithila, with a literary line from Jyotirishwar's Varna Ratnakara and Vidyapati's 14th-century padaval…
Indo-European › Eastern Indo-Aryan · Tirhuta (Mithilakshar), Devanagari
AI preparedness index: 1.19%
Open profileTharu
Vulnerableथारू
Tharu is less one language than a chain of them, stretching the whole length of the Tarai — Rana in the far west, Dangaura in the …
Indo-European › Indo-Aryan (cluster) · Devanagari
AI preparedness index: 0.16%
Open profileNepali
Vitalनेपाली / खस कुरा
Nepali grew out of the Khas speech of the Karnali basin, spread with the Gorkha state, and is now the lingua franca linking every …
Indo-European › Indo-Aryan · Devanagari
AI preparedness index: 1.70%
Open profileBhojpuri
Vitalभोजपुरी
Bhojpuri of the central Tarai is a language of song above all — Chhath geet, birha ballads and wedding repertoires that migrate wi…
Indo-European › Eastern Indo-Aryan · Devanagari, Kaithi
AI preparedness index: 1.68%
Open profileDistrict by district
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Bara8 languagesDhanusa3 languagesMahottari3 languagesParsa7 languagesRautahat5 languagesSaptari6 languagesSarlahi4 languagesSiraha6 languages
Where each language sits
| Language | Districts in this province |
|---|---|
| Maithili | Dhanusha, Mahottari, Siraha, Saptari, Sarlahi, Morang |
| Tharu | Dang, Bardiya, Kailali, Kanchanpur, Chitwan, Saptari |
| Nepali | Nationwide |
| Bhojpuri | Parsa, Bara, Rautahat, Nawalparasi, Chitwan |
Cultural highlights
Living heritage of Madhesh
Mithila paintingChhathVidyapati padavali
Script · Maithili
Tirhuta script revival
Mithilakshar taught again in Janakpur classrooms.
Festival · Bhojpuri
Chhath
Riverbank worship of the sun at dusk and dawn.
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