Countries
India, Nepal
  
Burma
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Burundi, Gambia
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa, Asia
  
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.
  
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Kinyarwanda Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
pranam
  
Bwakeye
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Urakoze
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Urakomeye?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Ijoro ryiza
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Mwiriwe
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
Mwaramutse
  
Please
kripaya
  
Ndagusavye
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
Not available
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
N’agasaga
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Not available
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Not available
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Rwanda-Rundi
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
20,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Ha
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Shubi
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Tanzania
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
8.80 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
8.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
íkiRǔndi
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Not Available
  
French Name
maithili
  
rundi
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Kirundi
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
  
Origin
14th century
  
1500
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Kirundi
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
rn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
run
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
run
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
run
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
rund1242
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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All Maithili and Kirundi 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 Kirundi dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Kirundi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Kirundi Dialects are spoken in different Kirundi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Kirundi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Kirundi dialects include: Rwanda-Rundi , Ha. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Kirundi Speaking population
Maithili and Kirundi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Kirundi languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Kirundi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kirundi language is 0.13 %. 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 Kirundi on Maithili vs Kirundi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Kirundi Language Codes
Maithili and Kirundi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Kirundi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.