Maithili Wikipedia
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Screenshot  Main Page of Maithili Wikipedia in August 2018 | |
Type of site | Internet encyclopedia |
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| Available in | Maithili |
| Owner | Wikimedia Foundation |
| URL | mai |
| Commercial | No |
| Registration | Optional |
| Users | 14472 |
| Launched | 6 November 2014 |
Content license | Creative Commons Attribution/ Share-Alike 3.0 (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 November 6, 2014.[1] As of June 2024, it has 14,108 articles and 14,472 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]
Users and editors
| Number of user accounts | Number of articles | Number of files | Number of administrators |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14472 | 14108 | 120 | 5 |
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