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Swedish vs Maithili


Maithili vs Swedish


Countries

Countries
European Union, Finland, Nordic Council, Sweden  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
2  
13

National Language
Sweden  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Finland  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Antartica, Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Institute for the Languages of Finland, Swedish Academy, Swedish Language Council  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • In Swedish language, article comes after noun.
  • Most of the words in Swedish language began "S" than any other letter.
  
  • 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
Norwegian and Danish Language  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Old Norse Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Swedish-Aphabets.jpg#200  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
8  
5

How Many Consonants
18  
8
Not Available  

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
hej  
pranam  

Thank You
tacka dig  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
hur mår du  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
godnatt  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
god kväll  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
god eftermiddag  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
god morgon  
Suprabhaat  

Please
vänligen  
kripaya  

Sorry
ledsen  
maf karai  

Bye
hej då  
Alavidā  

I Love You
jag älskar dig  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
ursäkta mig  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Dialects  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Gabon  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
6
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Dialects  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Georgia  
North India  

How Many People Speak
78,000,000.00  
2
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Dialects  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
France  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
96,000,000.00  
1
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
79  
33
15  
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.13 %  
99+
0.41 %  
33

Native Speakers
8.70 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
5.00 million  
29
2.80 million  
33

Native Name
Svenska  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Ruotsi, Svenska  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
suédois  
maithili  

German Name
Schwedisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[ˈsvɛ̂nskâ]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Swedes, Finland Swedes  
Maithil  

History

Origin
13th Century  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
Not Available  

Branch
Northern (Scandinavian)  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Swedish  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Swedish  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
89  
99+
40  
31

Signed Forms
Tecknad svenska, ("Signed Swedish")  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sv  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
swe  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
swe  
mai  

ISO 639 3
swe  
mai  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
swed1254  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
52-AAA-ck to -cw  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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Swedish and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Swedish vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Swedish and Maithili language. History of Swedish language states that this language originated in 13th Century whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Swedish and Maithili Language History.

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Swedish 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 Swedish and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Swedish and Maithili language. Swedish word for "Hello" is hej or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Swedish Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Swedish vs Maithili Difficulty

The Swedish vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Swedish 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 Swedish and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Swedish and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Swedish is 24 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.

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