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Maithili and French


French and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Guernesey, Guinea, Haiti, Italy, Jersey, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Monaco, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Switzerland, Togo, Vanuatu   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
32   
3

National Language
India, Nepal   
France   

Second Language
Nepal   
Africa, Canada   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Pacific, South America   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Brazil, Cambodia, United States of America, Vietnam   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Académie française (French Academy), Office québécois de la langue française   

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.
  
  • French is the only language, with English, that is taught in every country of the world.
  • French is the top language in Culinary Scene.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Italian Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
6   
3

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
20   
10

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
bonjour   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
Merci   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
Comment allez-vous?   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
bonne Nuit   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
bonsoir   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
bon Après-Midi   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
Bonjour   

Please
kripaya   
S'il vous plaît   

Sorry
maf karai   
désolé   

Bye
Alavidā   
au revoir   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
Je t'aime   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
Excuse Moi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Quebec French   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
New Brunswick, New England, Ontario, Quebec, Western Canada   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
6,200,000.00   
15

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
African French   

Where They Speak
North India   
Africa   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Swiss French   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Northeast France, Switzerland   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
16

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
163.00 million   
11

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
1.12 %   
17

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
76.00 million   
13

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
87.00 million   
11

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
français   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Français   

French Name
maithili   
français   

German Name
Maithili   
Französisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[fʁɑ̃sɛ]   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Not Available   

History

Origin
14th century   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Romance   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old French, Middle French and French   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Standard French   

Language Position
40   
31
13   
12

Signed Forms
Not Available   
le Français Signé (Signed French, France)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
fr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
fra   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
fre   

ISO 639 3
mai   
fra   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
fras   

Glottocode
mait1250   
stan1290   

Linguasphere
No data available   
51-AAA-i   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Maithili and French Speaking population

Maithili and French speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and French languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and French Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking French language is 1.12 %. 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 French on Maithili vs French where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and French Language Codes

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

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