Countries
Countries
India, Nepal
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
Total No. Of Countries
2
13
3
12
National Language
India, Nepal
Somalia
Second Language
Nepal
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Middle East
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Yemen
Regulated By
Not Available
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
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.
- Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
- One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Afar and Oromo Language
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
47
27
26
8
Phonology
How Many Vowels
8
5
5
2
How Many Consonants
Not Available
21
11
Scripts
Devanagari
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
Not Available
5
4
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
52 weeks
12
Greetings
Hello
pranam
Hello
Thank You
dhanyabad
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Sidee tahay ?
Good Night
Śubharātri
Habeenka Good
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
Evening Good
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
galab wanaagsan
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
Subax wanaagsan
Please
kripaya
Fadlan
Sorry
maf karai
sorry
Bye
Alavidā
caraysiiyo
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Waan ku jeclahay
Excuse Me
kripaya
iga raali ahow
Dialects
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Northern Somali
Where They Speak
Nepal
Gabon, Standard Somali
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Benaadir
Where They Speak
North India
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
Dialect 3
Khortha
Af-Ashraaf
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Standard Somali
Total No. Of Dialects
15
14
3
3
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
35
13.00 million
99+
Speaking Population
0.41 %
33
Not Available
Native Speakers
27.00 million
30
8.00 million
99+
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
33
Not Available
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
af Soomaali
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
French Name
maithili
somali
German Name
Maithili
Somali
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Maithil
Somalis
History
Origin
14th century
19th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Cushitic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Somali
Language Position
40
31
83
99+
Signed Forms
Not Available
Somali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Code
ISO 639 1
No data available
so
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
mai
som
ISO 639 2/B
mai
som
ISO 639 3
mai
som
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
mait1250
soma1255
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Not Available
