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Maithili and Amharic


Amharic and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal   
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Nepal   
Ethiopia   

Second Language
Nepal   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

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.
  
  • Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
  • Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Amharic-1.jpg#200   

Alphabets
47   
27
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
7   
4

How Many Consonants
Not Available   
31   
21

Scripts
Devanagari   
Ethiopic   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
pranam   
Selam   

Thank You
dhanyabad   
amesege'nallo'   

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?   
Dehina newot?   

Good Night
Śubharātri   
Dehna dur   

Good Evening
shubh sandhya   
melkam meshe't   

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar   
i'ndemin walu   

Good Morning
Suprabhaat   
i'ndemin adäru   

Please
kripaya   
i'bakwon   

Sorry
maf karai   
aznallehu   

Bye
Alavidā   
tschao   

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   
afekirishalehu   

Excuse Me
kripaya   
yiqirta   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat   
Gondar   

Where They Speak
Nepal   
Gondar   

Dialect 2
Madhubani   
Gojjami   

Where They Speak
North India   
Ethiopia   

Dialect 3
Khortha   
Showa   

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France   
Ethiopia   

Total No. Of Dialects
15   
14
5   
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %   
33
0.37 %   
35

Native Speakers
27.00 million   
30
25.00 million   
32

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million   
33
10.00 million   
23

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian   

French Name
maithili   
amharique   

German Name
Maithili   
Amharisch   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[amarɨɲɲa]   

Ethnicity
Maithil   
Amharas   

History

Origin
14th century   
13th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Ethiopic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Ge'ez   

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili   
Amharic   

Language Position
40   
31
55   
40

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Signed Amharic   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
am   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai   
amh   

ISO 639 2/B
mai   
amh   

ISO 639 3
mai   
amh   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mait1250   
amha1245   

Linguasphere
No data available   
12-ACB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Fusional   

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

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Maithili and Amharic Speaking population

Maithili and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Maithili vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Amharic Language Codes

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

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