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Maithili and Igbo


Igbo and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Nigeria  

Second Language
Nepal  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Equatorial Guinea  

Regulated By
-  
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture  

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.
  
  • In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
  • Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Yoruba and Hausa Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
8  
5

How Many Consonants
22  
12
28  
18

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
kedụ  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
dalụ  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
kedụ ka ịmere  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
ka chi fo  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
mgbede ọma  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
ehihie ọma  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
ụtụtụ ọma  

Please
kripaya  
Biko  

Sorry
maf karai  
Ndo  

Bye
Alavidā  
Kachifo  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
a hụrụ m gị n'anya  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
ngọpụ  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Enuani  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
28,000,000.00  
24

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Ngwa  

Where They Speak
North India  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Not present  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
-  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
24.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.09 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
25.00 million  
32

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
24.00 million  
28

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
igbo  

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

French Name
maithili  
igbo  

German Name
Maithili  
Ibo-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[iɡ͡boː]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Igbo people  

History

Origin
14th century  
30th Century BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Kwa  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Standard Igbo  

Language Position
40  
37
57  
99+

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Igbo Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
ig  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
ibo  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
ibo  

ISO 639 3
mai  
ibo  

ISO 639 6
mai  
ibo  

Glottocode
mait1250  
nucl1417  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Agglutinative  

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

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Maithili and Igbo Speaking population

Maithili and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Maithili vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Igbo Language Codes

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

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