Countries
Nigeria
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Nigeria
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
- 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
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Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
sannu
  
pranam
  
Thank You
gode ku
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
yaya dai
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
mai kyau dare
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
barka da yamma
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Don Allah
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
yi hakuri
  
maf karai
  
Bye
sai anjima
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Ina son ku
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
gafara dai
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Gaananci
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Ghana
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Daragaram
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Niger
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million
  
28
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
35.00 million
  
27
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million
  
18
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
haoussa
  
maithili
  
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Maithil
  
Origin
14
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Chadic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Hausa
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ha
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hau
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
hau
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
hau
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
haus1257
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
  
Not Available
  
Hausa 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 Hausa and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Hausa and Maithili language. Hausa word for "Hello" is sannu or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Hausa Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Hausa vs Maithili Difficulty
The Hausa vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Hausa 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 Hausa and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Hausa and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Hausa is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.