| Formation | 1976; 49 years ago (1976) |
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Maithili Academy is an autonomous organisation of the Government of Bihar dedicated to the promotion of the Maithili language, its literature and culture, founded in 1976 at the urging of chief minister Jagannath Mishra. Its first chairman was Srikant Thakur Vidyalankar.
The academy publishes books in Maithili along with a fortnightly magazine. 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."
References
- "मैथिली अकादमी की वेबसाइट का लोकार्पण".
- ^ Ojha, P. N. (1987). Bihar, past & present. Kashi Prasad Jayaswal Research Institute. p. 323.
- Singh, Kumar Suresh; Roy, S. B.; Ghosh, Asok K. (1993). People of India: bio-cultural dimensions. Inter-India Publications. p. 250. ISBN 9788121003254.
- Annamalai, E.; Jernudd, Björn H.; Rubin, Joan (1986). Language Planning. Central Institute of Indian Languages. p. 192.
- Davis, Alice Irene (1984). Basic Colloquial Maithili. Motilal Banarsidass. p. xii. ISBN 9780895817624.
- Yadav, Ramawatar (2011). A Reference Grammar of Maithili. Walter de Gruyter. p. 8. ISBN 9783110811698.