Afrikaans and Maithili
Countries
South Africa
India, Nepal
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
Not Available
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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How Many Consonants
Not Available
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Language Levels
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
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
Bye
Not Available
Alavidā
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
kripaya
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Not Available
Nepal
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Not Available
North India
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Khortha
Where They Speak
Namibia
Deoghar, France
Speaking Population
Not Available
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]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Maithil
Origin
17th Century
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
Not Available
Branch
Western
Not Available
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Maithili
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
No data available
ISO 639 6
afrs
Not Available
Glottocode
afri1274
mait1250
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Not Available
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.
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 Not Available 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.