Swahili and Maithili
Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
India, Nepal
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
India, Nepal
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Nepal
Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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How Many Consonants
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Writing Direction
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Asante
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Habari gani?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
Śubharātri
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
Suprabhaat
I Love You
nakupenda
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Samahani
kripaya
Dialect 1
Kiunguja
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
Nepal
Dialect 2
Kimrima
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
North India
Where They Speak
Kilwa
Deoghar, France
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
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मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
swahili
maithili
German Name
Swahili
Maithili
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Maithil
Origin
6th century
14th century
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Early Forms
No early forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Standard Maithili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
No data available
ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
swah1254
mait1250
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Swahili 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 Swahili and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Maithili Speaking population
Swahili and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili 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 Swahili and Maithili on Swahili vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Maithili Language Codes
Swahili and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.