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Maithili and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

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
-  
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
-  
Dutch Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
15  
12

How Many Consonants
22  
12
17  
7

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
hallo  

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  

Please
kripaya  
asseblief  

Sorry
maf karai  
jammer  

Bye
Alavidā  
Totsiens  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Ek het jou lief  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Verskoon my  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Kaapse Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
-  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
7,700,000.00  
40

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Oranjeriverafrikaans  

Where They Speak
North India  
-  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
7,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Baster Afrikaans  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Namibia  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
7.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
10.30 million  
40

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  

History

Origin
14th century  
17th Century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Western  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Standard Afrikaans  

Language Position
40  
37
23  
21

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
af  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
afr  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
afr  

ISO 639 3
mai  
afr  

ISO 639 6
mai  
afrs  

Glottocode
mait1250  
afri1274  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-ACB-ba  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Analytic  

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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.

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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.

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