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Xhosa vs Maithili


Maithili vs 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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Xhosa and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Xhosa vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Xhosa and Maithili language. History of Xhosa language states that this language originated in 16th 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 Xhosa and Maithili Language History.

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

Xhosa vs Maithili Difficulty

The Xhosa vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Xhosa 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 Xhosa and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Xhosa and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Xhosa is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.

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