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
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Somali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Somali Sign Language
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
Somali 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 Somali and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Somali and Maithili language. Somali word for "Hello" is Hello or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Somali Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Somali vs Maithili Difficulty
The Somali vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Somali 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 Somali and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Somali and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Somali is 52 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.