Maithili and Afrikaans
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
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Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
Not Available
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
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
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
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 6
Not Available
afrs
Glottocode
mait1250
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
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.
