Maithili and Shona
Countries
India, Nepal
Zimbabwe
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
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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
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Alphabets in
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How Many Consonants
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Writing Direction
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Language Levels
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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
I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
kripaya
Pamusoro
Where They Speak
Nepal
Zimbabwe
Dialect 2
Madhubani
Karanga
Where They Speak
North India
southern Zimbabwe
Where They Speak
Deoghar, France
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
Second Language Speakers
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Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
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Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
maithili
shona
German Name
Maithili
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Maithil
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Origin
14th century
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Early Forms
No early forms
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Standard Forms
Standard Maithili
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Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
mait1250
core1255
Linguasphere
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99-AUT-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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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.
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.