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Xhosa and Maithili


Maithili and Xhosa


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Lesotho, South Africa   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
  • The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
  
  • 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
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
8   
5

How Many Consonants
43   
32
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Molo   
pranam   

Thank You
Ndiyabulela   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Unjani   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
Ulale kakuhle   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Ubusuku obuhle   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Uben' emva kwemini entle   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Molo   
Suprabhaat   

Please
Ndicela   
kripaya   

Sorry
Ndicela uxolo   
maf karai   

Bye
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Ndiyakuthanda   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Uxolo   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gcaleka   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Thembu   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
North India   

Dialect 3
Hlubi   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
South Africa   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
9   
9
15   
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
8.20 million   
99+
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million   
21
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
isiXhosa   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
xhosa   
maithili   

German Name
Xhosa-Sprache   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
amaXhosa, amaBhaca   
Maithil   

History

Origin
16th 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
isiXhosa   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
xh   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
xho   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
xho   
mai   

ISO 639 3
xho   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
xhos1239   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
99-AUT-fa   
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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All Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Xhosa and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Xhosa are spoken in different Xhosa Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Xhosa vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka, Thembu. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Xhosa and Maithili Speaking population

Xhosa and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Xhosa and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Xhosa and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 % 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 Xhosa and Maithili on Xhosa vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Xhosa and Maithili Language Codes

Xhosa and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Xhosa and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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