This page describes the grammar of Maithili language, which has a complex verbal system, nominal declension with a few inflections, and extensive use of honoroficity.
[1] Maithili has the following characteristic morphological features: ⟨अ꣱[2]⟩ Only extra short i and u have been applicable for this rule, however recently short i and u have started to observe same pattern, though it is very scattered, and non-standard- This phenomenon is observed only in northern dialects, in southern dialects it is often maintained or even lengthened.
The following diphthongs are present:[4] There are some graphemes, borrowed from Sanskrit, which are written as pronounced in Sanskrit- Maithili has four classes of stops, one class of affricate, which is generally treated as a stop series, related nasals, fricatives and approximant.
This peculiar rule was first observed by Hoernle, but properly described by Grierson.
[8] Nouns in Maithili can be roughly characterized into four genders- Masculine, Feminine, Neuter and Common.
(Masculine and neuter, and sometimes even common gender are distinguished, if the word is of tatsama origin).
The only instance, where grammatical agreement occurs are adjectives, which are also optional, and in spoken language, often ignored altogether.
The accusative marker kē̃ केँ is not used always, it is used in specific conditions[1]- Some other postpositions are- Pronouns in Maithili are declined in similar way to nominals.