Home
Languagevs


Maithili and Oromo


Oromo and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
India, Nepal   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Nepal   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Somalia   

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.
  
  • Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
  • Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Somali Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47   
27
34   
16

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
10   
7

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
24   
14

Scripts
Devanagari   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
akkam   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
Galatoomi   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
Attam jirta/jirtu?   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
Nagayattii buli   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
Akkam waarite   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
Attam oolte / ooltan   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
Attam bulte/bultan   

Please
kripaya   
Maaloo   

Sorry
maf karai   
naa dhiisi   

Bye
Alavidā   
Nagayattii!   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
Sin jaaladha   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
Maaloo na dabarsi   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Borana   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Ethiopia, Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
4,000,000.00   
19

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Orma   

Where They Speak
North India   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
66,000.00   
37

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Wata   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Kenya   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
13,000.00   
33

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
17   
16

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million   
35
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.36 %   
36

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
24.00 million   
33

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
Not Available   

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
Afaan Oromo   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Afaan Oromoo   

French Name
maithili   
galla   

German Name
Maithili   
Galla-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Oromos   

History

Origin
14th century   
16   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Afaan Oromo   

Language Position
40   
31
91   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
om   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
orm   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
orm   

ISO 639 3
mai   
orm   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
nucl1736   

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   

Summary >>
<< Code

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

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

Maithili and Oromo Speaking population

Maithili and Oromo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Oromo languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Oromo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 %. 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 Oromo on Maithili vs Oromo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Oromo Language Codes

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

Easiest Languages to Learn

Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Easiest Languages to Learn

Compare Easiest Languages to Learn

» More Compare Easiest Languages to Learn