Maithili Wikipedia
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Type of site | Internet encyclopedia |
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Available in | Maithili |
Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
Website |
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Commercial | No |
Registration | Optional |
Users | 6420 |
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 06, 2014[1]. Tirhuta was formerly the primary script for written Maithili. Less commonly, it was also written in the local variant of Kaithi.[2] Today it is written in the Devanagari script.[3] Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Bihar and Jharkhand states of India and is one of the 22 recognised Indian languages[4][5][6] 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.[7][8]
History
The process of creating a Maithili Language Wikipedia began since 2008 and, later on, got momentum in August, 2014 & become able to launch on November 2018.[9][10]
Users and editors
Number of user accounts | Number of articles | Number of files | Number of administrators |
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6420 | 13026 | 69 | 4 |
Gallery
- 1st Maithili Wikimedians meetup regarding Maithili Wikipedia in 2015
- Maithili Wiki First Anniversary Celebration in Nov. 2015
- Group picture of Maithili Wikipedia Wiki-Education program at Little Flower Secondary School
- Group picture of Maithili Wikipedia Wiki-Education program at Unique College Of Medical Science & Hospital Pvt. Ltd
- Group picture of Maithili Wikipedia Wiki-Education program at World Vision Higher Secondary College
- Group picture of Maithili Wikipedia Wiki-Education program at Rajbiraj Model College
- Group picture of Maithili Wikipedia Wiki-Education program at Paradise College Rajbiraj
See also
References
- ↑ "मैथिली-विकिपिडिया-स्थापन - saptarijagran.com".
- ↑ Brass, P. R. (2005). Language, Religion and Politics in North India. Lincoln: iUniverse. ISBN 0-595-34394-5. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ↑ Yadava, Y. P. (2013). Linguistic context and language endangerment in Nepal. Nepalese Linguistics 28 Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.: 262–274.
- ↑ http://mha.nic.in/hindi/sites/upload_files/mhahindi/files/pdf/Eighth_Schedule.pdf
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Team, glocalkhabar. "wikipedia maithili language approved".
- ↑ Team, khabar.jp. "wikipedia in maithili".
External links
Maithili edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maithili Wikipedia. |