Countries
India, Nepal
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
19.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.
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.