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Maithili and Hausa


Hausa and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Nepal   
Gambia, Nigeria   

Second Language
Nepal   
Nigeria   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo   

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.
  
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
44   
24

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
12   
9

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
32   
22

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
sannu   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
gode ku   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
yaya dai   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
mai kyau dare   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
barka da yamma   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
barka da rana   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
mai kyau safe   

Please
kripaya   
Don Allah   

Sorry
maf karai   
yi hakuri   

Bye
Alavidā   
sai anjima   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
Ina son ku   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
gafara dai   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Gaananci   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Ghana   

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Kurhwayanci   

Where They Speak
North India   
Niger   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Daragaram   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Niger   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
50.00 million   
28

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.52 %   
28

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
35.00 million   
27

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa   

French Name
maithili   
haoussa   

German Name
Maithili   
Haussa-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Hausa–Fulani people   

History

Origin
14th century   
14   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Chadic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Hausa   

Language Position
40   
31
34   
27

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ha   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
hau   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
hau   

ISO 639 3
mai   
hau   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
haus1257   

Linguasphere
No data available   
19-HAA-b   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Maithili and Hausa Speaking population

Maithili and Hausa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Hausa languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Hausa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 %. 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 Hausa on Maithili vs Hausa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Hausa Language Codes

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

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