Countries
India, Nepal
  
Madagascar
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
  
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malagasy-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
  
Hello
pranam
  
Salama!
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Misaotra
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Manao ahoana!
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Alina tsara
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Manao ahoana e
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
Maraina tsara
  
Please
kripaya
  
azafady
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
Miala tsiny
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
Veloma!
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Tiako ianao.
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Azafady
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Eastern Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Merina
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
5,000,000.00
  
17
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Western Malagasy
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Sakalava
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,200,000.00
  
24
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Not Available
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
18.00 million
  
38
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Fiteny Malagasy
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Malagasy Sign Language
  
French Name
maithili
  
malgache
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Malagassi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Malagasy people
  
Origin
14th century
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austronesian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Austronesian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indonesian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
standard Malagasy
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
mg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
mlg
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
mala1537
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Verb-Object-Subject
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Maithili and Malagasy 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 Malagasy greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Malagasy language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Malagasy word for "Thank You" is Misaotra. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Malagasy Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Malagasy Difficulty
The Maithili vs Malagasy difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Malagasy 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 Malagasy are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Malagasy, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Malagasy time required is Not Available.