Maithili and Igbo
Countries
India, Nepal
Nigeria
National Language
India, Nepal
Nigeria
Second Language
Nepal
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
Not Available
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
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How Many Consonants
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Writing Direction
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
Śubharātri
ka chi fo
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
ụtụtụ ọma
Bye
Alavidā
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I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Enuani
Where They Speak
Nepal
Nigeria
Where They Speak
North India
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
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Dialect 3
Khortha
Not present
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
igbo
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Ibo
French Name
maithili
igbo
German Name
Maithili
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Igbo people
Origin
14th century
30th Century BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Kwa
Branch
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ig
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mait1250
nucl1417
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Maithili and Igbo 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 Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Igbo Speaking population
Maithili and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available. 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 Igbo on Maithili vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Igbo Language Codes
Maithili and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.