Igbo and Khasi
Countries
Nigeria
  
Meghalaya
  
National Language
Nigeria
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Africa
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Equatorial Guinea
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
  
- 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
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Derived From
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Alphabets in
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Latin
  
Writing Direction
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Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Hello
kedụ
  
Kumno
  
Thank You
dalụ
  
Khublei
  
How Are You?
kedụ ka ịmere
  
Kumno phi long?
  
Good Night
ka chi fo
  
thia sukh
  
Good Evening
mgbede ọma
  
babha janmiet
  
Good Afternoon
ehihie ọma
  
babha noph-phai-sngi
  
Good Morning
ụtụtụ ọma
  
khublei
  
Please
Biko
  
Sngewbha
  
Sorry
Ndo
  
Map
  
Bye
Not Available
  
khublei
  
I Love You
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
  
ieit ieit
  
Excuse Me
ngọpụ
  
map a nga
  
Dialect 1
Enuani
  
Bhoi
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Ngwa
  
Nonglung
  
Where They Speak
Nigeria
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00
  
22
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Not present
  
Cherrapunji
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million
  
40
0.84 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
25.00 million
  
32
0.84 million
  
99+
Native Name
igbo
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Ibo
  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
  
French Name
igbo
  
khasi
  
German Name
Ibo-Sprache
  
Khasi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[iɡ͡boː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Igbo people
  
Khasi people
  
Origin
30th Century BC
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Kwa
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
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Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No early forms
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Igbo
  
Khasi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
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Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ig
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ibo
  
kha
  
ISO 639 2/B
ibo
  
kha
  
ISO 639 3
ibo
  
kha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
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Glottocode
nucl1417
  
khas1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
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All Igbo 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 Igbo and Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Igbo and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Igbo are spoken in different Igbo Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Igbo vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Igbo dialects include: Enuani, Ngwa. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Igbo and Khasi Speaking population
Igbo and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Igbo and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Igbo and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Igbo language is Not Available 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 Igbo and Khasi on Igbo vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Igbo and Khasi Language Codes
Igbo and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Igbo and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.