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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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