Countries
India, Nepal
  
Zimbabwe
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
  
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.
  
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Kalanga and Nambya Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Shona-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Alphabets
Not Available
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Devanagari
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
Mhoro
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Waita zvako
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Wakadini zvako?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Urare zvakanaka
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Manheru
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Masikati
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
Mangwanani
  
Please
kripaya
  
Ndinokumbirawo
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
Ndineurombo
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
bye
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Ndinokuda
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Pamusoro
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Hwesa
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Karanga
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
southern Zimbabwe
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Zezuru
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
25.00 million
  
40
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
8.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
  
French Name
maithili
  
shona
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Schona-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Not Available
  
Origin
14th century
  
20th 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
  
Not Available
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
sna
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
sna
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
sna
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
core1255
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUT-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
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Maithili and Shona 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 Shona greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Shona language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Shona word for "Thank You" is Waita zvako. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Shona Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Shona Difficulty
The Maithili vs Shona difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Shona 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 Shona are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Shona, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Shona time required is Not Available.