Maithili Wikipedia
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Screenshot  Main Page of Maithili Wikipedia in August 2018 | |
Type of site | Internet encyclopedia |
|---|---|
| Available in | Maithili |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | mai |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Users | 15019 |
| Launched | 6 November 2014 |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 4.0 (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 6 November 2014.[1] As of December 2024, it has 14,136 articles and 15,019 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
The process of creating a Maithili language Wikipedia started in 2008.[1][8] Tulsi Bhagat is the co-founder of Maithili Wikipedia,[9] and it was launched on 6 November 2014.[1]
Users and editors
| Number of user accounts | Number of articles | Number of files | Number of administrators |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15019 | 14136 | 120 | 5 |
See also
References
- ^ a b c थारु, बुनु. "जनकपुरका युवा जसले मैथिली विकिपिडियाको सुरुवात गरे". eKantipur (in Nepali).
- ^ 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 5 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Prakash Javadekar likely to call meeting of experts to promote Maithili script - मैथिली लिपि को बढ़ावा देने के लिए विशेषज्ञों की जल्द ही बैठक बुला सकते हैं प्रकाश जावड़ेकर". Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "मैथिली को भी मिलेगा दूसरी राजभाषा का दर्जा".
- ^ "Nepal". Ethnologue. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ Sah, K. K. (2013). "Some perspectives on Maithili". Nepalese Linguistics (28): 179–188.
- ^ जोशी, यज्ञराज (3 June 2019). "मैथिली विकिपिडिया स्थापना गरेर जो विश्वका १८ योगदानकर्ताभित्र छानिए". nepalkhabar (in Nepali).
- ^ Bhagat, Tulsi. "About Tulsi". Tulsi Bhagat. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "List of Wikipedias". Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 26 April 2022.