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Somali and Maithili


Maithili and Somali


Countries

Countries
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
2  
13

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  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
26  
8
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
Not Available  

Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
52 weeks  
12
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
Hello  
pranam  

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  

Please
Fadlan  
kripaya  

Sorry
sorry  
maf karai  

Bye
caraysiiyo  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Waan ku jeclahay  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
iga raali ahow  
kripaya  

Dialects

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
13.00 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.41 %  
33

Native Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
2.80 million  
33

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  

History

Origin
19th century  
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
Somali  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
83  
99+
40  
31

Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
so  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
som  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
som  
mai  

ISO 639 3
som  
mai  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
soma1255  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
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.

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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.

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