In an act of revival, Nepalese, Indians learn Maithili language

Whatsapp and Facebook can be used to revive a scheduled language. The schedule language is Mathili and a man who took this initiative of reviving this 3rd B.C., old language is Shashi Bhushan Jha of Mohali. He is running an online institute called Mathilakshar Vigya Mohali, from Maithil Sangh Mohali. Jha is able to make people from PAN India, Nepal participate after every fifteen days to enroll in three months course for learning and writing Maithili.

Shashi Bhushan Jha, President of Mathil Sangh Mohali and Founder of Mithilakshar Vigya while speaking to The Daily Guardian said, “We have taught Mathili to more than 1000 students from pan India, Nepal, and even from Saudi Arabia. This is a three-month course and after fifteen days, we shout out on Social Media for students to enroll. This all is free of cost. After completing the course, the student gets the Maithilakshar vigya Certificate and also gets able to write, read the Mathili Language with ease. Right now, 100 students from India and Nepal are learning Maithili on WhatsApp”.

“It is generally believed that the Sidhhacharyas evolved Proto Maithili during the 8th -9th century when they composed Charyapada. Since then the language has progressed steadily. Vidyapati, a very productive writer has used Avahatta, a form of Proto Maithili in his dramas, the Kirtilata and Kirtipataka. He also composed melodious poems depicting the love of Radha-Krishna in his Padavali that is written in the Maithili of the medieval period. Vidyapati also influenced Nepali, Bengali, Assamese, Oriya, and Manipuri literature during the medieval period,” Jha told The Daily Guardian.

Jha added that In Nepal, Maithili is the second state language and is used by 12% of the total population. Here, Maithili was used in the court of the Kings, during the Malla period. As of now, Mathili is a very well recognized scheduled language over the Indian Currency, Maithili is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Indian subcontinent, mainly spoken in India and Nepal. In India, it is spoken in the states of Bihar and Jharkhand and is one of the 22 recognized Indian languages. In Nepal, it is spoken in the eastern Terai and is the second most prevalent language of Nepal. Tirhuta was formerly the primary script for written Maithili. Less commonly, it was also written in the local variant of Kaithi. It is also matching to the language of Devnagiri.