Title: मैथिलि - काव्य: HISTORY OF MITHILA
Headings: मैथिलि - काव्य
मैथिलि - काव्य
सोमवार, 6 फ़रवरी 2012
HISTORY OF MITHILA

Content: In pure Maithili the word bat'uk is used for a minor boy, whereas in the Kaoshii dialect people say bedra. There are some local variations like this. The second dialect is Madhubani dialect, which is spoken in north Mithila i.e., districts of Madhubani, Darbhanga, and Samastipur- this is the standard and pure Maithili, in which books are written. While travelling towards south Mithila i.e., in Begusarai district, Maithili blends with Magahi resulting in a rough dialectal variant of Maithili called Dakshin Maithili, locally known as Thethi. The third dialect of Maithili language is Bajjika Maithili. The western part of Mithila, i.e., districts of Muzzafarpur, Sitamarhi, Sheohar and Vaishali was previously known as Vajrabhumi. This is the reason why the local language of this area is known as Bajjika Maithili. There are some minor differences between Bajjika Maithili and standard Maithili ; for example, in standard Maithili the word chatha is used, but in Bajjika Maithili hathii is used. In some places there is difference in the use of words also ;