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Dutch vs Maithili


Maithili vs Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
6   
9
2   
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
South Africa   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Dutch-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
26   
8
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Hallo   
pranam   

Thank You
dankjewel   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
goede Nacht   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
goedenavond   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
goedemorgen   
Suprabhaat   

Please
alsjeblieft   
kripaya   

Sorry
sorry   
maf karai   

Bye
vaarwel   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Ik hou van jou   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
pardon   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Netherlands   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
590,000.00   
32
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Low Saxon   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands   
North India   

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Limburgian   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands   
Deoghar, France   

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
7   
7
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million   
38
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
0.32 %   
38
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
22.00 million   
35
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million   
25
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
Nederlands   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
néerlandais; flamand   
maithili   

German Name
Niederländisch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Dutch people   
Maithil   

History

Origin
AD 450-500   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
48   
35
40   
31

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
nl   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
dut   
mai   

ISO 639 3
nld   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mode1257   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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Dutch and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Dutch vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Dutch and Maithili language. History of Dutch language states that this language originated in AD 450-500 whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Dutch and Maithili Language History.

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Dutch 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 Dutch and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Dutch and Maithili language. Dutch word for "Hello" is Hallo or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Dutch Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Dutch vs Maithili Difficulty

The Dutch vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Dutch 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 Dutch and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Dutch and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Dutch is 24 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.

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