Thēthi
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| Thēthi | |
|---|---|
| ठेठी मैथिली • Thethi Maithili | |
 The name of Thēthi written in Tirhuta | |
| Native to | India, Nepal |
| Region | Mithila |
| Ethnicity | Maithils |
Native speakers | 1,65,420 |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | tati1242 Tati (Maithili) |
Thēthi, also known as Thēth, Thethiya, Thenthi, or Thati, is a Maithili dialect, mainly spoken in the Mithila region of India and Nepal.[1][2] It is spoken mainly in most of the Munger division (excluding the southern, eastern and western parts of Munger district and the Jamui district) and partially in Patna (Barh Sub-division), Samastipur (Dalsinghsarai Subdivision) and Bhagalpur districts (Naugachhia) of Bihar, India and in Koshi Province of Nepal.[3] It has 165,000 speakers in India according to the 2011 census.[4]
