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Maithili vs Somali


Somali vs Maithili


Countries

Countries
India, Nepal  
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

National Language
India, Nepal  
Somalia  

Second Language
Nepal  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Africa, Middle East  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Yemen  

Regulated By
-  
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy  

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.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Bhojpuri Language  
Afar and Oromo Language  

Derived From
-  
Arabic Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
47  
27
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8  
5
5  
2

How Many Consonants
22  
12
21  
11

Scripts
Devanagari  
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
52 weeks  
18

Greetings

Hello
pranam  
Hello  

Thank You
dhanyabad  
Waad ku mahadsan tahay  

How Are You?
Aahan kehan chhi ?  
Sidee tahay ?  

Good Night
Śubharātri  
Habeenka Good  

Good Evening
shubh sandhya  
Evening Good  

Good Afternoon
dopahar ke bad namaskar  
galab wanaagsan  

Good Morning
Suprabhaat  
Subax wanaagsan  

Please
kripaya  
Fadlan  

Sorry
maf karai  
sorry  

Bye
Alavidā  
caraysiiyo  

I Love You
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  
Waan ku jeclahay  

Excuse Me
kripaya  
iga raali ahow  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Tharuwat  
Northern Somali  

Where They Speak
Nepal  
Gabon, Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
21
16,000,000.00  
32

Dialect 2
Madhubani  
Benaadir  

Where They Speak
North India  
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
19
16,000,000.00  
30

Dialect 3
Khortha  
Af-Ashraaf  

Where They Speak
Deoghar, France  
Standard Somali  

How Many People Speak
35,000,000.00  
17
21.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
15  
14
3  
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.41 %  
35
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
27.00 million  
30
8.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
2.80 million  
99+
21.00 million  
29

Native Name
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  
af Soomaali  

Alternative Names
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga  

French Name
maithili  
somali  

German Name
Maithili  
Somali  

Pronunciation
[ˈmaitʰili]  
[afsoomaali]  

Ethnicity
Maithil  
Somalis  

History

Origin
14th century  
19th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Cushitic  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Maithili  
Somali  

Language Position
40  
37
83  
99+

Signed Forms
Maithili Sign Language  
Somali Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
so  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mai  
som  

ISO 639 2/B
mai  
som  

ISO 639 3
mai  
som  

ISO 639 6
mai  
som  

Glottocode
mait1250  
soma1255  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Maithili and Somali Language History

Comparison of Maithili vs Somali language history gives us differences between origin of Maithili and Somali language. History of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th century whereas history of Somali language states that this language originated in 19th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Maithili and Somali Language History.

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Maithili and Somali Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Maithili and Somali greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Maithili and Somali language. Maithili word for "Hello" is pranam or Somali word for "Thank You" is Waad ku mahadsan tahay. Find more of such common Maithili Greetings and Somali Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Maithili vs Somali Difficulty

The Maithili vs Somali difficulty level basically depends on the number of Maithili Alphabets and Somali Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Maithili and Somali are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Maithili and Somali, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Maithili is 44 weeks while to learn Somali time required is 52 weeks.

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