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Hausa and Maithili


Maithili and Hausa


Countries

Countries
Nigeria  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Gambia, Nigeria  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Nigeria  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
  • There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
  
  • 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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
44  
24
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
32  
22
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
sannu  
pranam  

Thank You
gode ku  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
yaya dai  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
mai kyau dare  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
barka da yamma  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
barka da rana  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
mai kyau safe  
Suprabhaat  

Please
Don Allah  
kripaya  

Sorry
yi hakuri  
maf karai  

Bye
sai anjima  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Ina son ku  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
gafara dai  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gaananci  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Ghana  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
50,000,000.00  
14
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Niger  
North India  

How Many People Speak
150,000,000.00  
3
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Daragaram  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Niger  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
50.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
50.00 million  
28
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.52 %  
30
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
35.00 million  
27
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
haoussa  
maithili  

German Name
Haussa-Sprache  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people  
Maithil  

History

Origin
14  
14th century  

Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Chadic  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Hausa  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
34  
32
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Hausa  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ha  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
hau  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
hau  
mai  

ISO 639 3
hau  
mai  

ISO 639 6
hau  
mai  

Glottocode
haus1257  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
19-HAA-b  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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

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Hausa and Maithili Speaking population

Hausa and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Hausa and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Hausa and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Hausa language is 0.52 % 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 Hausa and Maithili on Hausa vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Hausa and Maithili Language Codes

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

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