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Maithili and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Nepal   
South Africa   

Second Language
Nepal   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
15   
12

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
17   
7

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
hallo   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
goeie more   

Please
kripaya   
asseblief   

Sorry
maf karai   
jammer   

Bye
Alavidā   
Not Available   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

Where They Speak
North India   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Namibia   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
19.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
Not Available   

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
maithili   
afrikaans   

German Name
Maithili   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
14th century   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Standard Afrikaans   

Language Position
40   
31
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
afr   

ISO 639 3
mai   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
mait1250   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
No data available   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Analytic   

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All Maithili and Afrikaans 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 Maithili and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Maithili and Afrikaans Speaking population

Maithili and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available. 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 Maithili and Afrikaans on Maithili vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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