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Yoruba vs Maithili


Maithili vs Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Nigeria  
India, Nepal  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Nepal  

Speaking Continents
Africa  
Asia  

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages  
Bhojpuri Language  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
29  
11
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12  
9
8  
5

How Many Consonants
17  
7
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ  
pranam  

Thank You
e dupe  
dhanyabad  

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa  
Aahan kehan chhi ?  

Good Night
Kasun layọ o  
Śubharātri  

Good Evening
ka a ale  
shubh sandhya  

Good Afternoon
e kaasan  
dopahar ke bad namaskar  

Good Morning
e kaaro  
Suprabhaat  

Please
Jowo  
kripaya  

Sorry
binu  
maf karai  

Bye
bye  
Alavidā  

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi  

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara  
kripaya  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
500,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Ede  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo  
North India  

How Many People Speak
800,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Nigeria  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
10,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million  
36
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.42 %  
34
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
28.00 million  
29
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
30.00 million  
26
2.80 million  
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)  

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia  

French Name
yoruba  
maithili  

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache  
Maithili  

Pronunciation
[jòɾùbá]  
[ˈmaitʰili]  

Ethnicity
Yoruba people  
Maithil  

History

Origin
4 BC  
14th century  

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Western Sudanic  
-  

Branch
Kwa  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Yorùbá  
Standard Maithili  

Language Position
49  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
yo  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor  
mai  

ISO 639 2/B
yor  
mai  

ISO 639 3
yor  
mai  

ISO 639 6
yor  
mai  

Glottocode
yoru1245  
mait1250  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating  
-  

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Yoruba and Maithili Language History

Comparison of Yoruba vs Maithili language history gives us differences between origin of Yoruba and Maithili language. History of Yoruba language states that this language originated in 4 BC whereas history of Maithili language states that this language originated in 14th 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 Yoruba and Maithili Language History.

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Yoruba and Maithili 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 Yoruba and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Yoruba and Maithili language. Yoruba word for "Hello" is Ẹ n lẹ or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Yoruba Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Yoruba vs Maithili Difficulty

The Yoruba vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Yoruba Alphabets and Maithili 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 Yoruba and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Yoruba and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Yoruba is 30 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is 44 weeks.

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