Somali and Maithili
Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia
India, Nepal
National Language
Somalia
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Africa, Middle East
Asia
Minority Language
Yemen
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy
Not Available
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- 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
Afar and Oromo Language
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
How Many Consonants
Not Available
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
Thank You
Waad ku mahadsan tahay
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Sidee tahay ?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Habeenka Good
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Evening Good
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
galab wanaagsan
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Subax wanaagsan
Suprabhaat
I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
iga raali ahow
kripaya
Dialect 1
Northern Somali
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Gabon, Standard Somali
Nepal
Dialect 2
Benaadir
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu
North India
Dialect 3
Af-Ashraaf
Khortha
Where They Speak
Standard Somali
Deoghar, France
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
af Soomaali
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
somali
maithili
German Name
Somali
Maithili
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Somalis
Maithil
Origin
19th century
14th century
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
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Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Somali
Standard Maithili
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
so
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
soma1255
mait1250
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
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All Somali and Maithili Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Somali and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Somali and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Somali are spoken in different Somali Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Somali vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Somali dialects include: Northern Somali, Benaadir. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Somali and Maithili Speaking population
Somali and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Somali and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Somali and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Somali language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Somali and Maithili on Somali vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Somali and Maithili Language Codes
Somali and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Somali and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.