Maithili Academy

Maithili Academy is an autonomous organisation of the Government of Bihar dedicated to the promotion of Maithili language, its literature and culture,[3] founded in 1976 at the urging of chief minister Jagannath Mishra.[4] Its first chairman was Srikant Thakur Vidyalankar.[2]

Maithili Academy
Formation1976 (1976)[1][2]
Location

The academy publishes books in Maithili along with a fortnightly magazine.[5] Its publication Uccatara Maithilī Vyãkaraṇa (Higher Maithili grammar) by G. Jha has been described as "the most noteworthy contribution to the field of Maithili linguistics."[6]

References
  1. "मैथिली अकादमी की वेबसाइट का लोकार्पण".
  2. Ojha, P. N. (1987). Bihar, past & present. Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute. p. 323.
  3. Singh, Kumar Suresh; Roy, S. B.; Ghosh, Asok K. (1993). People of India: bio-cultural dimensions. Inter-India Publications. p. 250. ISBN 9788121003254.
  4. Annamalai, E.; Jernudd, Björn H.; Rubin, Joan (1986). Language Planning. Central Institute of Indian Languages. p. 192.
  5. Davis, Alice Irene (1984). Basic Colloquial Maithili. Motilal Banarsidass. p. xii. ISBN 9780895817624.
  6. Yadav, Ramawatar (2011). A Reference Grammar of Maithili. Walter de Gruyter. p. 8. ISBN 9783110811698.
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