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Dutch and Maithili


Maithili and Dutch


Countries

Countries
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
6  
9
2  
13

National Language
Aruba, Belgium, Curacao, Netherlands, Sint Maarten, Suriname  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
South Africa  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe, North America, South America  
Asia  

Minority Language
France, Germany, Indonesia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Nederlandse Taalunie (Dutch Language Union)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Dutch language consist of extremely long words. The longest dutch word in the dictionary is 53 letters long.
  • There exists 75% borrowed words in Dutch language, and a lot of those are French, English and Hebrew.
  
  • 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
German and English Languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
8  
5

How Many Consonants
21  
11
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks  
6
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Hallo  
pranam  

Thank You
dankjewel  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
hoe gaat het met je?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
goede Nacht  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
goedenavond  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
goedemiddag  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
goedemorgen  
Suprabhaat  

Please
alsjeblieft  
kripaya  

Sorry
sorry  
maf karai  

Bye
vaarwel  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Ik hou van jou  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
pardon  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gronings  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Netherlands  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
590,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Low Saxon  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands  
North India  

How Many People Speak
4,000,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Limburgian  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Belgium, Netherlands  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
7  
7
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
28.00 million  
38
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.32 %  
40
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
22.00 million  
35
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
6.00 million  
99+
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Nederlands  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Hollands, Nederlands  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
néerlandais; flamand  
maithili  

German Name
Niederländisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[ˈneːdərlɑnts]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Dutch people  
Maithil  

History

Origin
AD 450-500  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Dutch, Middle Dutch and Dutch  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Dutch  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
48  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Dutch (Nederlands met Gebaren)  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
nl  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
nld  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
dut  
mai  

ISO 639 3
nld  
mai  

ISO 639 6
nld  
mai  

Glottocode
mode1257  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
52-ACB-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Historical  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Dutch and Maithili Speaking population

Dutch and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Dutch and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Dutch and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Dutch language is 0.32 % 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 Dutch and Maithili on Dutch vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Dutch and Maithili Language Codes

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

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