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Arabic vs Maithili


Maithili vs 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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Arabic and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Arabic vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Arabic and Maithili language. History of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Arabic and Maithili Language History.

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Arabic and Maithili Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Arabic and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Arabic and Maithili language. Arabic word for "Hello" is مرحبا or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Arabic Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Arabic vs Maithili Difficulty

The Arabic vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Arabic Alphabets and Maithili Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Arabic and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Arabic and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Arabic is 88 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is 44 weeks.

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