Alternate Names: Anga, Angikar, Chhika-Chhiki
Dialects: None known. 79% inherent intelligibility of Brahmin Maithili. Lexical similarity: 81% (Brahmin) to 87% (non-Brahmin) with Darbhanga Maithili.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 725,000 in India (IMA 1997). Population total all countries: 743,600.
Language Use: Use declining (Van Driem 2007). Home, community. All ages. Negative attitudes. Hindi [hin] is used for trading, government, praying.
Language Development: Poetry. Films.
Typology: SOV; postpositions; noun head final; content q-word in situ; clause constituents indicated by case-marking; passives and voice; nontonal.
Writing System: Devanagari
Nation of Origin: India
Other Comments: Hindu.