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German vs Maithili


Maithili vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Germany   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
9   
1
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
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
pranam   

Thank You
Danke   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
Suprabhaat   

Please
bitte   
kripaya   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
maf karai   

Bye
Tschüs   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Nepal   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Germany   
North India   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Deoghar, France   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
Deutsch   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
allemand   
maithili   

German Name
Deutsch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Maithil   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
14th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
9   
9
40   
31

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
mai   

ISO 639 3
deu   
mai   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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German and Maithili Language History

Comparison of German vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of German and Maithili language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Maithili Language History.

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

German vs Maithili Difficulty

The German vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.

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