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Italian vs Maithili


Maithili vs Italian


Countries

Countries
Croatia, European Union, Italy, San Marino, Slovenia, Switzerland, Vatican City  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
2  
13

National Language
Italy, San Marino, Switzerland, Vatican City  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Albania, Croatia, Malta, Slovenia  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Crimea, Eritrea, France, Libya, Monaco, Montenegro, Romania, Somalia  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Accademia della Crusca (Academy of the bran)  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the most romantic and melodic language in the history of the world is Italian.
  • Italian Language is in the top three of the most widely spoken European languages in Europe.
  
  • 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
French and Portuguese Languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
Latin  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
21  
3
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
8  
5

How Many Consonants
16  
6
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
ciao  
pranam  

Thank You
grazie  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Come stai?  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
buonanotte  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
buonasera  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
buon pomeriggio  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
buongiorno  
Suprabhaat  

Please
Per Favore  
kripaya  

Sorry
scusate  
maf karai  

Bye
arrivederci  
Alavidā  

I Love You
Ti amo  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
Scusami  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Romanesco  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Lazio  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
3,000,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Central Italian  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Abruzzo, central Marche, Lazio, south Tuscany, Umbria  
North India  

How Many People Speak
5,000,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Tuscan  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Corsica, Gallura, Haute-Corse, Sardinia, Tuscany, Umbria  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
69,000,000.00  
11
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
78.00 million  
21
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.90 %  
23
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
64.00 million  
18
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
14.00 million  
36
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Italiano  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Italiano  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
italien  
maithili  

German Name
Italienisch  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[itaˈljaːno]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Italians  
Maithil  

History

Origin
960 BC  
14th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Romance  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Italian  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
27  
25
40  
37

Signed Forms
italiano segnato "Signed Italian" & italiano segnato esatto "Signed Exact Italian"  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
it  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ita  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
ita  
mai  

ISO 639 3
ita  
mai  

ISO 639 6
itas  
mai  

Glottocode
ital1282  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
51-AAA-q  
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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Italian and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Italian vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Italian and Maithili language. History of Italian language states that this language originated in 960 BC 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 Italian and Maithili Language History.

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

Italian vs Maithili Difficulty

The Italian vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Italian 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 Italian and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Italian and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Italian is 24 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is 44 weeks.

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