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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   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   

Scripts
Arabic   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Right-To-Left, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks   
13
Not Available   

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   

Dialect 2
Sudanese   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Sudan   
North India   

How Many People Speak
17,000,000.00   
6
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Levantine   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Cyprus, Levant   
Deoghar, France   

How Many People Speak
21,000,000.00   
3
Not Available   

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 %   
33

Native Speakers
206.00 million   
6
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
246.00 million   
2
2.80 million   
33

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/   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Arabs   
Maithil   

History

Origin
512 CE   
14th century   

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

Subgroup
Semitic   
Not Available   

Branch
North Arabic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Standard Arabic   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
25   
21
40   
31

Signed Forms
Signed Arabic   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
arab1395   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
12-AAC   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Not Available   

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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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