Maithili and Afrikaans
Countries
India, Nepal
South Africa
National Language
India, Nepal
South Africa
Second Language
Nepal
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
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Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Bhojpuri Language
Dutch Language
Derived From
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Dutch Language
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
dhanyabad
Dankie
How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
Śubharātri
goeie nag
Good Evening
shubh sandhya
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Goeie middag
Good Morning
Suprabhaat
goeie more
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
kripaya
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Tharuwat
Kaapse Afrikaans
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
North India
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Dialect 3
Khortha
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
Namibia
Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Cape Dutch
French Name
maithili
afrikaans
German Name
Maithili
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Maithil
Afrikaners
Origin
14th century
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No early forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
af
Glottocode
mait1250
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
All Maithili and Afrikaans 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 Maithili and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Maithili and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Maithili are spoken in different Maithili Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Maithili vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat, Madhubani. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Maithili and Afrikaans Speaking population
Maithili and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Maithili and Afrikaans on Maithili vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Maithili and Afrikaans Language Codes
Maithili and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Maithili and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.