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Afrikaans and Maithili


Maithili and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
South Africa  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee  
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Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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
Dutch Language  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Dutch Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
8  
5

How Many Consonants
17  
7
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
pranam  

Thank You
Dankie  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
goeie nag  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
Goeienaand  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
goeie more  
Suprabhaat  

Please
asseblief  
kripaya  

Sorry
jammer  
maf karai  

Bye
Totsiens  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Ek het jou lief  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Verskoon my  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
-  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
40
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
-  
North India  

How Many People Speak
7,700,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Namibia  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
15  
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
7.10 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million  
40
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Afrikaans  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
afrikaans  
maithili  

German Name
Afrikaans  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Afrikaners  
Maithil  

History

Origin
17th Century  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
23  
21
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
af  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
afr  
mai  

ISO 639 3
afr  
mai  

ISO 639 6
afrs  
mai  

Glottocode
afri1274  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic  
-  

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

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Afrikaans and Maithili Speaking population

Afrikaans and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % 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 Afrikaans and Maithili on Afrikaans vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Maithili Language Codes

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

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