Thēthi | |
Nativename: | Thethi Maithili |
States: | India, Nepal |
Region: | Mithila |
Ethnicity: | Maithils |
Familycolor: | Indo-European |
Fam2: | Indo-Iranian |
Fam3: | Indo-Aryan |
Fam4: | Eastern |
Fam5: | Bihari |
Fam6: | Maithili |
Glotto: | tati1242 |
Glottoname: | 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] It is spoken mainly in Kosi, Purnia and Munger divisions of Bihar, India and in some of the adjoining districts of Nepal.[2] It has speakers in India according to the 2011 census.[3]