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)
  
Not Available
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Swahili-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
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Habari
  
pranam
  
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
  
Please
tafadhali
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
pole
  
maf karai
  
Bye
bye
  
Alavidā
  
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
  
Dialect 3
Kimgao
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Kilwa
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
150.00 million
  
13
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
15.00 million
  
40
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
Not Available
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
  
Maithil
  
Origin
6th century
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Bantu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Swahili
  
Standard Maithili
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sw
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
swa
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
swa
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
swa
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
swah1254
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
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.