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Maithili and Akan


Akan and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Ghana, Ivory coast   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India, Nepal   
Ghana   

Second Language
Nepal   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Benin, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Akan Orthography 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.
  
  • Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
  • Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
21   
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
16   
6

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   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
ete-sen   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
meda ase   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
wo ho te sɛn?   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
maadwo   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
maadwo   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
maaha   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
maakye   

Please
kripaya   
wae   

Sorry
maf karai   
Kafra   

Bye
Alavidā   
bye   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
Me doכ wo   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
mepa wo kyɛw   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Asante   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
13

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Akuapem   

Where They Speak
North India   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
9,000,000.00   
10

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Fante   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Ghana   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,900,000.00   
15

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.17 %   
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
11.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
Akan   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Not Available   

French Name
maithili   
akan   

German Name
Maithili   
Akan-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Akan people   

History

Origin
14th century   
15   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Akan   

Language Position
40   
31
104   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ak   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
aka   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
aka   

ISO 639 3
mai   
aka   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
akan1251   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Maithili and Akan Speaking population

Maithili and Akan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Akan languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Akan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Akan language is 0.17 %. 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 Akan on Maithili vs Akan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Akan Language Codes

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

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