Countries
India, Nepal
  
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
  
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
  
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
  
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.
  
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Swahili-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
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
pranam
  
Habari
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
Asante
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Habari gani?
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Usiku mwema
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
Habari za jioni
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
nzuri Alasiri
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
Habari za asubuhi
  
Please
kripaya
  
tafadhali
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
pole
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
bye
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
nakupenda
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
Samahani
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Kiunguja
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Zanzibar island
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Kimrima
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Dar es Salaam
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Kimgao
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Kilwa
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
150.00 million
  
13
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
15.00 million
  
40
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
  
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
  
French Name
maithili
  
swahili
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Swahili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Origin
14th century
  
6th 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
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Swahili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
sw
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
swa
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
swa
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
swa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
swah1254
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
99-AUS-m
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Maithili and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Swahili language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Swahili word for "Thank You" is Asante. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Swahili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Swahili Difficulty
The Maithili vs Swahili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Swahili 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 Swahili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Swahili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Swahili time required is 36 weeks.