Countries
India, Nepal
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.
  
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
pranam
  
Selam
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
kripaya
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
tschao
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Gondar
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Ethiopia
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
18.70 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
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Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
maithili
  
amharique
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Amharas
  
Origin
14th century
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Amharic
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
mait1250
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
  
All Maithili and Amharic 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 Amharic dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Amharic language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Amharic Dialects are spoken in different Amharic speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Amharic Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Amharic dialects include: Gondar , Gojjami. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Amharic Speaking population
Maithili and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Maithili vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Amharic Language Codes
Maithili and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.