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Maithili and Mossi


Mossi and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Burkina Faso   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Nepal   
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   

Second Language
Nepal   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
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.
  
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Dagbani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
16   
6

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
Kia ora   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
Laafi bala   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
Laafi beme ?   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
Ne y yungo   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
ne y zabre   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
Kia ora   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
Ne y yibeogo   

Please
kripaya   
gafare   

Sorry
maf karai   
gafare   

Bye
Alavidā   
Wend na kon-d nindaare   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
Y gafare   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Ouapadoupou   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Burkina Faso   

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Saremde   

Where They Speak
North India   
Burkina Faso   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Taolende   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Burkina Faso   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
8   
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
7.60 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.11 %   
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
7.60 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
Mosse   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Not Available   

French Name
maithili   
moré   

German Name
Maithili   
Mossi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Mossi   

History

Origin
14th century   
Not available   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Western Sudanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Gur (Voltaic)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Mossi   

Language Position
40   
31
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
No data Available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
mos   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
mos   

ISO 639 3
mai   
mos   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
moss1236   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data Available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Maithili and Mossi Speaking population

Maithili and Mossi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Mossi languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Mossi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 %. 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 Mossi on Maithili vs Mossi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Mossi Language Codes

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

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