Countries
India, Nepal
  
Ghana, Ivory coast
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Ghana
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Akan Orthography Committee
  
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.
  
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Akan-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
ete-sen
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
meda ase
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
wo ho te sɛn?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
maadwo
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
maadwo
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
maaha
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
maakye
  
Please
kripaya
  
wae
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
Kafra
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
bye
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Me doכ wo
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
mepa wo kyɛw
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Asante
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
13
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Akuapem
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
9,000,000.00
  
10
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Fante
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Ghana
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
11.00 million
  
99+
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Akan
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Not Available
  
French Name
maithili
  
akan
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Akan-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Akan people
  
Origin
14th century
  
15
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Akan
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ak
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
aka
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
aka
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
aka
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
akan1251
  
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
  
Maithili and Akan Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Maithili and Akan greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Akan language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Akan word for "Thank You" is meda ase. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Akan Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Akan Difficulty
The Maithili vs Akan difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Akan Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Maithili and Akan are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Akan, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Akan time required is 44 weeks.