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Swahili and Maithili


Maithili and Swahili


Countries

Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
4   
11
2   
13

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

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

Alphabets
24   
6
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5   
2
8   
5

How Many Consonants
21   
11
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks   
10
Not Available   

Greetings

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   

Dialects

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   

Total No. Of Dialects
12   
12
15   
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
150.00 million   
13
32.00 million   
35

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.41 %   
33

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   

History

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   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

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   

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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.

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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.

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