| bilabial | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | retroflex | velar | glottal | |
| stop | p, pʰ, b, bʰ | t̪, t̪ʰ, d̪, d̪ʰ | ʈ, ʈʰ, ɖ, ɖʰ | k, kʰ, g, gʰ | |||
| trill | r | ||||||
| fricative | s | h | |||||
| affricate | tʃ, tʃʰ, dʒ, dʒʰ | ||||||
| nasal | m | n | ŋ |
| front | central | back | |
| close | i | u | |
| close-mid | e | o | |
| mid | ə | ||
| open-mid | ɔ | ||
| near-open | æ | ||
| open | a |
| front | central | back | |
| close | ĩ | ũ | |
| close-mid | ẽ | õ | |
| mid | ə̃ | ||
| open-mid | ɔ̃ | ||
| near-open | æ̃ | ||
| open | ã |
/əi/, /ai/, /oi/, /iu/, /eu/, /əu/, /au/, /ui/, /ou/
Source: Yadav, Ramawatar. 2003. Maithili. The Indo-Aryan Languages, ed. by Dhanesh Jain and George Cardona, 477–497. Routledge.
Contributed by: Dmitry Nikolaev (dnikolaev@fastmail.com)