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{{Infobox language<br />
| name = Eastern Maithili<br />
| familycolor = Indo-European<br />
| nativename = 𑒣𑒴𑒩𑒥𑒲 𑒧𑒻𑒟𑒱𑒪𑒲 • पूरबी मैथिली<br />
| states = [[India]]<br />
| region = [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]]<br />
| ethnicity = [[Maithils]]<br />
| speakers = {{sigfig|11,116|3}}<br />
| date = 2011<br />
| glottoname = Eastern Maithili<!--name as listed at Glottolog--><br />
| fam2 = [[Indo-Iranian languages|Indo-Iranian]]<br />
| fam3 = [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan]]<br />
| fam4 = [[Eastern Indo-Aryan languages|Eastern]]<br />
| fam5 = [[Bihari languages|Bihari]]<br />
| fam6 = [[Maithili language|Maithili]]<br />
| glotto = east2315<br />
| iso3 = mai<br />
| altname = Purbi Maithili<br />
| script = [[Tirhuta]] and [[Devanagari]]<br />
| image = {{Photomontage|position=center<br />
| photo1a = Purbi Maithili written in Tirhuta script.png<br />
| size = 250<br />
| spacing = 2<br />
| color =<br />
| Bold = 100<br />
| border = 3<br />
| foot_montage = }}<br />
| imagecaption = '''Purbi Maithili''' written in [[Tirhuta]] script<br />
| ref = e27<br />
}}<br />
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'''Eastern Maithili''' or '''Purbi Maithili''' is a [[dialect]] of [[Maithili language]], spoken primarily in [[Mithila (region)|Mithila]] region of [[India]]. It is mainly spoken in [[Purnia division]] of [[Bihar]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=George Abraham |first=Grierson |date=1909 |title=An introduction to Maithili language |url=https://archive.org/details/introductiontoma00grierich/page/n17/mode/2up?view=theater}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Language-Maithili-Eastern |url=https://globalrecordings.net/en/language/13320 |website=GlobalRecordings.net}}</ref> It has almost 11,116 speakers according to the [[2011 census of India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Language census of India 2011 |url=https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog/42458/download/46089/C-16_25062018.pdf}}</ref><ref name=e27/> It is very similar to the [[Angika]] [[dialect]] of [[Maithili language|Maithili]], which is spoken in the [[Bhagalpur division|Bhagalpur]] and [[Dumka district|Dumka]] regions. Like its neighbor [[Bengali language|Bengali]], it is [[phonetically]] characterized by a rounded 'a' sound (halfway between 'a' and 'o', similar to the 'o' in the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] name ''''Subroto'''') at the end of certain words.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maithili Variations |url=http://lisindia.ciil.org/Maithili/Maith_vari.html |website=lisindia.ciil.org |publisher=[[Central Institute of Indian Languages]]}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Maithili language]]<br />
* [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]]<br />
* [[Purnia division]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Maithili language}}<br />
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[[Category:Languages of Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Languages of India]]<br />
[[Category:Maithili dialects]]</div>
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