Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Ethiopic
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Selam
  
pranam
  
Thank You
amesege'nallo'
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Dehina newot?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Dehna dur
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
melkam meshe't
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
i'bakwon
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
aznallehu
  
maf karai
  
Bye
tschao
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
afekirishalehu
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
yiqirta
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Gondar
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Gondar
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Gojjami
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Showa
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
18.70 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
10.00 million
  
23
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Not Available
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
amharique
  
maithili
  
German Name
Amharisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Amharas
  
Maithil
  
Origin
13th century
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Semitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Ethiopic
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ge'ez
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Amharic
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Signed Amharic
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
am
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
amh
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
amh
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
amh
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
amha1245
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
12-ACB-a
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Amharic and Maithili Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Amharic and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Amharic and Maithili language. Amharic word for "Hello" is Selam or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Amharic Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Amharic vs Maithili Difficulty
The Amharic vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Amharic Alphabets and Maithili Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Amharic and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Amharic and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Amharic is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.