Countries
India, Nepal
  
Nigeria
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Gambia, Nigeria
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Nigeria
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
  
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.
  
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Hausa-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
sannu
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
gode ku
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
yaya dai
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
mai kyau dare
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
barka da yamma
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
barka da rana
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
mai kyau safe
  
Please
kripaya
  
Don Allah
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
yi hakuri
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
sai anjima
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Ina son ku
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
gafara dai
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Gaananci
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Ghana
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Kurhwayanci
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Niger
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Daragaram
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Niger
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
50.00 million
  
28
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
35.00 million
  
27
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
15.00 million
  
18
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
  
French Name
maithili
  
haoussa
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Haussa-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Hausa–Fulani people
  
Origin
14th century
  
14
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Chadic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Hausa
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ha
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
hau
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
hau
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
hau
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
haus1257
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
19-HAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Fusional
  
Maithili and Hausa 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 Hausa greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Hausa language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Hausa word for "Thank You" is gode ku. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Hausa Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Hausa Difficulty
The Maithili vs Hausa difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Hausa 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 Hausa are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Hausa, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Hausa time required is 44 weeks.