Maithili and Somali
Countries
India, Nepal
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
National Language
India, Nepal
Somalia
Second Language
Nepal
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
Not Available
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
Not Available
Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
dhanyabad
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Śubharātri
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
Subax wanaagsan
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
kripaya
iga raali ahow
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Nepal
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Benaadir
Where They Speak
North India
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Khortha
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Standard Somali
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
maithili
somali
German Name
Maithili
Somali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Maithil
Somalis
Origin
14th century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Somali
Signed Forms
Not Available
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
so
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mait1250
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
All Maithili and Somali 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 Somali dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Somali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Somali Dialects are spoken in different Somali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Somali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Somali dialects include: Northern Somali , Benaadir. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Somali Speaking population
Maithili and Somali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Somali languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Somali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Somali 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 Somali on Maithili vs Somali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Somali Language Codes
Maithili and Somali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Somali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.