Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Ethiopia
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Somalia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
  
- 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.
  
Similar To
Somali Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Oromo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Hello
akkam
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Galatoomi
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Maaloo
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
naa dhiisi
  
maf karai
  
Bye
Nagayattii!
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Borana
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00
  
19
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Orma
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Wata
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Kenya
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
24.00 million
  
33
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
galla
  
maithili
  
German Name
Galla-Sprache
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Oromos
  
Maithil
  
Origin
16
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Cushitic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
om
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
orm
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
orm
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
orm
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1736
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Oromo and Maithili 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 Oromo and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Oromo and Maithili language. Oromo word for "Hello" is akkam or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Oromo Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Oromo vs Maithili Difficulty
The Oromo vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Oromo Alphabets and Maithili 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 Oromo and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Oromo and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Oromo is Not Available while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.