Countries
South Africa
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
South Africa
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Pan South African Language Board
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- The meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
  
- 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
Xhosa Language
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
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Alphabets in
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Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Sawubona
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Ngiyabonga
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
unjani
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
okuhle ebusuku
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
okuhle kusihlwa
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
okuhle ntambama
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
okuhle ekuseni
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Ngiyacela
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Ngiyaxolisa
  
maf karai
  
Bye
bye
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
Ngiyakuthanda wena
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Uxolo
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Qwabe
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Gabon, South Africa
  
Nepal
  
Dialect 2
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Georgia, South Africa
  
North India
  
Dialect 3
Ndebele
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Zimbabwe
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak?
30.00 million
  
36
32.00 million
  
35
Native Speakers
12.00 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
16.00 million
  
17
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
isiZulu
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Isizulu, Zunda
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
zoulou
  
maithili
  
German Name
Zulu-Sprache
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Zulu people
  
Maithil
  
Origin
19
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Beatu
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
urban Zulu
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Deep Zulu
  
Standard Maithili
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
zu
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
zul
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
zul
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
zul
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
zulu1248
  
mait1250
  
Linguasphere
99-AUT-fg
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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All Zulu 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 Zulu and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Zulu and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Zulu are spoken in different Zulu Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Zulu vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Zulu dialects include: Qwabe, central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Zulu and Maithili Speaking population
Zulu and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Zulu and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Zulu and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Zulu language is 0.16 % 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 Zulu and Maithili on Zulu vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Zulu and Maithili Language Codes
Zulu and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Zulu and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.