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Estonian vs Maithili


Maithili vs Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia   

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
27   
9
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
8   
5

How Many Consonants
18   
8
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Tere   
pranam   

Thank You
aitäh   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
Head ööd   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
Tere õhtust   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Tere hommikust   
Suprabhaat   

Please
Palun   
kripaya   

Sorry
Vabandust   
maf karai   

Bye
Head aega   
Alavidā   

I Love You
ma armastan sind   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Vabandage   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Tartu   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia   
North India   

Dialect 3
Idamurre   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
15   
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
0.95 million   
99+
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
eesti keel   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Eesti keel   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
estonien   
maithili   

German Name
Estnisch   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Estonians   
Maithil   

History

Origin
13th century   
14th century   

Language Family
Uralic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric   
Not Available   

Branch
Finnic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Estonian   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Macrolanguage   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
et   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
est   
mai   

ISO 639 3
est   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
esto1258   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative   
Not Available   

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Estonian and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Estonian vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Estonian and Maithili language. History of Estonian language states that this language originated in 13th century 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 Estonian and Maithili Language History.

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Estonian 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 Estonian and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Estonian and Maithili language. Estonian word for "Hello" is Tere or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Estonian Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Estonian vs Maithili Difficulty

The Estonian vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Estonian 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 Estonian and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Estonian and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Estonian is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.

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