Assamese and Khasi
Countries
India
Meghalaya
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Not Available
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan
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Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha
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Interesting Facts
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
- Khasi language contain a large number of loanwords from Bengali and Hindi Languages.
- There is significant dialectal variation in khasi language, since several dialects have only partial mutual intelligibility.
Similar To
Bengali and Oriya
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Derived From
Sanskrit Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Language Levels
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Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ
Khublei
How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
subhoraattri
thia sukh
Good Evening
subha gadhuli
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
subha abeli
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
suprobhaat
khublei
Please
anugroha kori
Sngewbha
I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
kyoma koribo
map a nga
Where They Speak
Western Assam
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How Many People Speak
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Dialect 2
Goalpariya
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Western Assam
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Dialect 3
Bhakatiya
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Assam
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
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Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
assamais
khasi
German Name
Assamesisch
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Assamese people
Khasi people
Origin
7th century A.D
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Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Indo-Iranian
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Branch
Indic
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Early Forms
Kamarupa
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Assamese
Khasi
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
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Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
as
No data available
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
assa1263
khas1269
Linguasphere
59-AAF-w
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Assamese and Khasi 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 Assamese and Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Assamese and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Assamese are spoken in different Assamese Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Assamese vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi, Goalpariya. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Assamese and Khasi Speaking population
Assamese and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available. 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 Assamese and Khasi on Assamese vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Assamese and Khasi Language Codes
Assamese and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Assamese and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.