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Maithili and Xhosa


Xhosa and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
South Africa  

Second Language
Nepal  
Lesotho, South Africa  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Botswana, Lesotho  

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.
  
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Not Available  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
10  
7

How Many Consonants
Not Available  
43  
32

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Molo  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Ndiyabulela  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Unjani  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Ulale kakuhle  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Ubusuku obuhle  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Uben' emva kwemini entle  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Molo  

Please
kripaya  
Ndicela  

Sorry
maf karai  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
Alavidā  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Gcaleka  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
South Africa  

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Thembu  

Where They Speak
North India  
South Africa  

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Hlubi  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
9  
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
33
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
33
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
maithili  
xhosa  

German Name
Maithili  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
14th century  
16th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
isiXhosa  

Language Position
40  
31
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
xho  

ISO 639 3
mai  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mait1250  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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

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Maithili and Xhosa Speaking population

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

Maithili and Xhosa Language Codes

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

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