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French vs Maithili


Maithili vs French


Countries

Countries
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
32   
3
2   
13

National Language
France   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Africa, Canada   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   
Asia   

Minority Language
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  
  • 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
Italian Language   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Latin   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
20   
10
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
bonjour   
pranam   

Thank You
Merci   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Comment allez-vous?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
bonne Nuit   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
bonsoir   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
bon Après-Midi   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Bonjour   
Suprabhaat   

Please
S'il vous plaît   
kripaya   

Sorry
désolé   
maf karai   

Bye
au revoir   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Je t'aime   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Excuse Moi   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Quebec French   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
6,200,000.00   
15
Not Available   

Dialect 2
African French   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Africa   
North India   

Dialect 3
Swiss French   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Northeast France, Switzerland   
Deoghar, France   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
16
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
25   
21
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
163.00 million   
11
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
1.12 %   
17
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
76.00 million   
13
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
87.00 million   
11
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
français   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Français   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
français   
maithili   

German Name
Französisch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Not Available   
Maithil   

History

Origin
9th Century   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Romance   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard French   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
13   
12
40   
31

Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
fr   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
fra   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
fre   
mai   

ISO 639 3
fra   
mai   

ISO 639 6
fras   
Not Available   

Glottocode
stan1290   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
51-AAA-i   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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French and Maithili Language History

Comparison of French vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of French and Maithili language. History of French language states that this language originated in 9th Century 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 French and Maithili Language History.

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

French vs Maithili Difficulty

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

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