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Arabic and Maithili


Maithili and Arabic


Countries

Countries
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
23  
4
2  
13

National Language
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia  
Asia  

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

Regulated By
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  
  • 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
Amharic and Hebrew  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
28  
10
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
28  
18
22  
12

Scripts
Arabic  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
مرحبا  
pranam  

Thank You
شكرا  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
كيف حالك؟  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
تصبح على خير  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
مساء الخير  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
مساء الخير  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
صباح الخير  
Suprabhaat  

Please
من فضلك  
kripaya  

Sorry
آسف  
maf karai  

Bye
وداعا  
Alavidā  

I Love You
أحبك  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
اعذرني  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maghrebi  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
310,000,000.00  
2
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Sudanese  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Sudan  
North India  

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00  
29
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Levantine  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00  
23
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
26  
22
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
452.00 million  
4
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
4.43 %  
6
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
206.00 million  
6
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million  
2
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
(al arabiya) العربية  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
arabe  
maithili  

German Name
Arabisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Arabs  
Maithil  

History

Origin
512 CE  
14th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Semitic  
-  

Branch
North Arabic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
25  
23
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ar  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ara  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
ara  
mai  

ISO 639 3
ara  
mai  

ISO 639 6
ara  
mai  

Glottocode
arab1395  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
12-AAC  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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Arabic and Maithili Speaking population

Arabic and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Arabic and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Arabic and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 % 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 Arabic and Maithili on Arabic vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Arabic and Maithili Language Codes

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

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