Countries
India, Nepal
  
Nigeria
  
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
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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
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
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Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
50.00 million
  
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
  
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Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
14th century
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
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Chadic
  
Branch
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Hausa
  
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
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Glottocode
mait1250
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
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Fusional
  
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.
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.