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Maithili vs German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Germany  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
8  
5

How Many Consonants
9  
1
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
pranam  

Thank You
Danke  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
Suprabhaat  

Please
bitte  
kripaya  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
maf karai  

Bye
Tschüs  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Germany  
North India  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Texas  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
6,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Deutsch  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
allemand  
maithili  

German Name
Deutsch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Maithil  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
9  
9
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
mai  

ISO 639 3
deu  
mai  

ISO 639 6
deus  
mai  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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German and Maithili Language History

Comparison of German vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of German and Maithili language. History of German language states that this language originated in 6th Century AD 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 German and Maithili Language History.

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

German vs Maithili Difficulty

The German vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of German 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 German and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in German and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn German is 30 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is 44 weeks.

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