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Mossi and Maithili


Maithili and Mossi


Countries

Countries
Burkina Faso   
India, Nepal   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo   
India, Nepal   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Nepal   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

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

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
  • Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Dagbani Language   
Bhojpuri Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
47   
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
8   
5
8   
5

How Many Consonants
16   
6
Not Available   

Scripts
Latin   
Devanagari   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Kia ora   
pranam   

Thank You
Laafi bala   
dhanyabad   

How Are You?
Laafi beme ?   
Aahan kehan chhi ?   

Good Night
Ne y yungo   
Śubharātri   

Good Evening
ne y zabre   
shubh sandhya   

Good Afternoon
Kia ora   
dopahar ke bad namaskar   

Good Morning
Ne y yibeogo   
Suprabhaat   

Please
gafare   
kripaya   

Sorry
gafare   
maf karai   

Bye
Wend na kon-d nindaare   
Alavidā   

I Love You
Kei te aroha au ki a koe   
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi   

Excuse Me
Y gafare   
kripaya   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Ouapadoupou   
Tharuwat   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Nepal   

Dialect 2
Saremde   
Madhubani   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
North India   

Dialect 3
Taolende   
Khortha   

Where They Speak
Burkina Faso   
Deoghar, France   

Total No. Of Dialects
8   
8
15   
14

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %   
99+
0.41 %   
33

Native Speakers
7.60 million   
99+
27.00 million   
30

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
2.80 million   
33

Native Name
Mosse   
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia   

French Name
moré   
maithili   

German Name
Mossi-Sprache   
Maithili   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Mossi   
Maithil   

History

Origin
Not available   
14th century   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Gur (Voltaic)   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Mossi   
Standard Maithili   

Language Position
Not Available   
40   
31

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data Available   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mos   
mai   

ISO 639 2/B
mos   
mai   

ISO 639 3
mos   
mai   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
moss1236   
mait1250   

Linguasphere
No data Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Mossi and Maithili Speaking population

Mossi and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Mossi and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Mossi and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Mossi language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. 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 Mossi and Maithili on Mossi vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Mossi and Maithili Language Codes

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

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