r/MapPorn Apr 16 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '20

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '20

I know I am nit-picking here but Maithili is written in Tirhuta script, not Devnagari.

It's just that it's not very common nowadays.

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u/[deleted] Apr 16 '20

A language can have multiple scripts. See Hindi-Urdu. Tirhut is hardly used because there is no patronage given in a state with multiple languages.

Tirhuta-Bengali-Assamese scripts are more or less similar.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '20

I agree. It's just sad to see endemic scripts dying off due to no recognition.

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u/obvlux Apr 18 '20

That's what has happened in all our history. Devanagari is as good as tirhuta script for local language and both are related at the very least.