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Igbo and Maithili


Maithili and Igbo


Countries

Countries
Nigeria   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Nigeria   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
  • 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
Not Available   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
28   
18
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks   
12
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
kedụ   
pranam   

Thank You
dalụ   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
ka chi fo   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
mgbede ọma   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma   
Suprabhaat   

Please
Biko   
kripaya   

Sorry
Ndo   
maf karai   

Bye
Not Available   
Alavidā   

I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
ngọpụ   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Enuani   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Ngwa   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
North India   

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Not present   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
25.00 million   
40
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
25.00 million   
32
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
igbo   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

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

French Name
igbo   
maithili   

German Name
Ibo-Sprache   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Igbo people   
Maithil   

History

Origin
30th Century BC   
14th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Kwa   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Igbo   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
57   
99+
40   
31

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
ig   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ibo   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
ibo   
mai   

ISO 639 3
ibo   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
nucl1417   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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All Igbo and Maithili Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Igbo and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Igbo and Maithili Speaking population

Igbo and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Igbo and Maithili on Igbo vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Igbo and Maithili Language Codes

Igbo and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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