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Amharic and Maithili


Maithili and Amharic


Countries

Countries
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Ethiopia  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
  • 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
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Amharic-1.jpg#200  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
33  
15
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
31  
21
22  
12

Scripts
Ethiopic  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Selam  
pranam  

Thank You
amesege'nallo'  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Dehina newot?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Dehna dur  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
melkam meshe't  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
i'ndemin walu  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
i'ndemin adäru  
Suprabhaat  

Please
i'bakwon  
kripaya  

Sorry
aznallehu  
maf karai  

Bye
tschao  
Alavidā  

I Love You
afekirishalehu  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
yiqirta  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gondar  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Gondar  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
27
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Gojjami  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
North India  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
24
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Showa  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Ethiopia  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
22,000,000.00  
22
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
15  
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.37 %  
37
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
25.00 million  
32
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
10.00 million  
99+
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
አማርኛ  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
amharique  
maithili  

German Name
Amharisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[amarɨɲɲa]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Amharas  
Maithil  

History

Origin
13th century  
14th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
Ethiopic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Ge'ez  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Amharic  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
55  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Amharic  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
am  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
amh  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
amh  
mai  

ISO 639 3
amh  
mai  

ISO 639 6
amh  
mai  

Glottocode
amha1245  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
12-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Amharic and Maithili Speaking population

Amharic and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Amharic and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Amharic and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 % 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 Amharic and Maithili on Amharic vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Amharic and Maithili Language Codes

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

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