Countries
Nigeria
  
India, Nepal
  
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 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
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.
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.