Countries
South Africa
  
India, Nepal
  
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 in
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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
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
  
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
  
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
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
  
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
  
Signed Forms
Signed Xhosa
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
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
  
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.