Countries
India, Nepal
  
South Africa
  
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 in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Xhosa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
20.00 million
  
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
  
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
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Signed Xhosa
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.
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.