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Maithili and Shona


Shona and Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Zimbabwe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
1  
14

National Language
India, Nepal  
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe  

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
-  
-  

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.
  
  • Shona language is tonal language.
  • The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Kalanga and Nambya Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
37  
19

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
46  
34

Scripts
Devanagari  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Mhoro  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Waita zvako  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Wakadini zvako?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Urare zvakanaka  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Manheru  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
Masikati  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Mangwanani  

Please
kripaya  
Ndinokumbirawo  

Sorry
maf karai  
Ndineurombo  

Bye
Alavidā  
bye  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Ndinokuda  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
Pamusoro  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Hwesa  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
11,000,000.00  
36

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Karanga  

Where They Speak
North India  
southern Zimbabwe  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
1,100,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Zezuru  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
16.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
32.00 million  
35
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.13 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
8.30 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
16.00 million  
33

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
chiShona  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru  

French Name
maithili  
shona  

German Name
Maithili  
Schona-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[ʃoːna]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Shona people  

History

Origin
14th century  
20th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
-  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
-  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Shona and Middle Shona  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Standard Shona  

Language Position
40  
37
107  
99+

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Signed Shona  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
sn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
sna  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
sna  

ISO 639 3
mai  
sna  

ISO 639 6
mai  
sna  

Glottocode
mait1250  
core1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Maithili and Shona Speaking population

Maithili and Shona speaking population is one of the factors based on which Maithili and Shona languages can be compared. The total count of Maithili and Shona Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Shona language is 0.13 %. 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 Shona on Maithili vs Shona where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Maithili and Shona Language Codes

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

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