Maithili Wikipedia
Type of site  | Internet encyclopedia | 
|---|---|
| Available in | Maithili | 
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation | 
| Website | mai | 
| Commercial | No | 
| Registration | Optional | 
| Launched | 6 November 2014 | 
Content license  | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 3.0 (most text also dual-licensed under GFDL) Media licensing varies  | 
The Maithili Wikipedia is the Maithili language version of Wikipedia, run by the Wikimedia Foundation. The site was launched on November 6, 2014.[1] As of October 2025, it has articles and registered users. Today, Maithili is written in the Devanagari script [2] and the site uses the same. Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Bihar and Jharkhand states of India and is one of the 22 recognised Indian languages[3][4][5] which is also spoken in the eastern Terai of Nepal and is the second most prevalent language of Nepal. It is also one of the 122 recognized Nepalese languages.[6][7]
History[edit]
The process of creating a Maithili language Wikipedia started in 2008.[1][8]
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References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 थारु, बुनु. "जनकपुरका युवा जसले मैथिली विकिपिडियाको सुरुवात गरे". eKantipur (in नेपाली).
 - ↑ Yadava, Y. P. (2013). Linguistic context and language endangerment in Nepal. Nepalese Linguistics 28 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine: 262–274.
 - ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2018-08-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ https://m.livehindustan.com/jharkhand/story-maithili-will-get-second-state-language-status-in-jharkhand-1835624.html
 - ↑ "Nepal". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
 - ↑ Sah, K. K. (2013). "Some perspectives on Maithili". Nepalese Linguistics (28): 179–188.
 - ↑ जोशी, यज्ञराज. "मैथिली विकिपिडिया स्थापना गरेर जो विश्वका १८ योगदानकर्ताभित्र छानिए". nepalkhabar (in Nepali).
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