Countries
India, Nepal
  
Benin, Nigeria
  
National Language
India, Nepal
  
Nigeria
  
Second Language
Nepal
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Yoruba 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.
  
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
  
Owo and Itsekiri languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Yoruba-Alphabet.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
  
Ẹ n lẹ
  
Thank You
dhanyabad
  
e dupe
  
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Bawo ni o se wa
  
Good Night
Śubharātri
  
Kasun layọ o
  
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
  
ka a ale
  
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
e kaasan
  
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
  
e kaaro
  
Please
kripaya
  
Jowo
  
Sorry
maf karai
  
binu
  
Bye
Alavidā
  
bye
  
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
mo nifẹ rẹ
  
Excuse Me
kripaya
  
mo tọrọ gafara
  
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
  
Itsekiri
  
Where They Speak
Nepal
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Madhubani
  
Ede
  
Where They Speak
North India
  
Benin, Togo
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Khortha
  
Ulukwumi
  
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
  
Nigeria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
32.00 million
  
35
30.00 million
  
36
Native Speakers
27.00 million
  
30
28.00 million
  
29
Second Language Speakers
2.80 million
  
33
Not Available
  
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Yorùbá
  
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
Yariba, Yooba
  
French Name
maithili
  
yoruba
  
German Name
Maithili
  
Yoruba-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Maithil
  
Yoruba people
  
Origin
14th century
  
4 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Niger-Congo Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Western Sudanic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Kwa
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
  
Yorùbá
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Yoruba Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
yo
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
mai
  
yor
  
ISO 639 2/B
mai
  
yor
  
ISO 639 3
mai
  
yor
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
mait1250
  
yoru1245
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Analytic, Isolating
  
Maithili and Yoruba 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 Yoruba greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Yoruba language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Yoruba word for "Thank You" is e dupe. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Yoruba Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Maithili vs Yoruba Difficulty
The Maithili vs Yoruba difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Yoruba 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 Yoruba are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Yoruba, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is Not Available while to learn Yoruba time required is 30 weeks.