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
  
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 in
French-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
163.00 million
  
11
32.00 million
  
35
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.