Eastern Maithili
Eastern Maithili or Purbi Maithili is a dialect of Maithili language, spoken primarily in Mithila region of India. It is mainly spoken in Purnia division of Bihar, India. It has almost 11,116 speakers according to the 2011 census of India. It is very similar to the Angika dialect of Maithili, which is spoken in the Bhagalpur and Dumka regions. Like its neighbor Bengali, it is phonetically characterized by a rounded 'a' sound at the end of certain words.