Geography
Native speakers of Maithili reside in Bihar, Jharkhand and parts of West Bengal, and in southeast Nepal.
The cultural and linguistic centers of Maithili in Bihar are the districts Madhubani, Madhepura, Supaul, Araria, Darbhanga, Sitamarhi, Saharsa, Begusarai, Muzaffarpur, Sheohar, Samastipur, Vaishali, Purnia, Katihar, Kishanganj, Araria, Bhagalpur, Munger, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Banka and Jamui.
In jharkhand Maithili is spoken in the districts Deoghar, Dumka, Godda, Pakur, Sahebganj and Jamtara.
In Nepal, Maithili is spoken mainly in the the Outer Terai districts of Janakpur Zone (Sarlahi, Mahottari and Dhanusa Districts), of Koshi Zone (Sunsari District), and in Sagarmatha Zone (Siraha and Saptari Districts).,
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