Countries
India, Karnataka, India
  
Meghalaya
  
National Language
Karnataka, India
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Goa
  
Not Available
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Not Available
  
Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
Not Available
  
Interesting Facts
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
- 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
Telugu
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Sanskrit Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Kannada Script
  
Bengali, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Kumno
  
Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
Khublei
  
How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Kumno phi long?
  
Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
thia sukh
  
Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
babha janmiet
  
Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
babha noph-phai-sngi
  
Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
khublei
  
Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sngewbha
  
Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Map
  
Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
khublei
  
I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
ieit ieit
  
Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
map a nga
  
Dialect 1
Badaga
  
Bhoi
  
Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Urali
  
Nonglung
  
Where They Speak
kerala
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Kurumba
  
Cherrapunji
  
Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
49.00 million
  
29
0.84 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
38.00 million
  
26
0.84 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
11.00 million
  
21
Not Available
  
Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
  
French Name
kannada
  
khasi
  
German Name
Kannada
  
Khasi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Kannadiga
  
Khasi people
  
Origin
c. 450
  
Not Available
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
No Early Forms
  
Standard Forms
Modern Kannada
  
Khasi
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
kn
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kan
  
kha
  
ISO 639 2/B
kan
  
kha
  
ISO 639 3
kan
  
kha
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
nucl1305
  
khas1269
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
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Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
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Kannada and Khasi 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 Kannada and Khasi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Kannada and Khasi language. Kannada word for "Hello" is ಹಲೋ (Halō) or Khasi word for "Thank You" is Khublei. Find more of such common Kannada Greetings and Khasi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Kannada vs Khasi Difficulty
The Kannada vs Khasi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Kannada Alphabets and Khasi 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 Kannada and Khasi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Kannada and Khasi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Kannada is 44 weeks while to learn Khasi time required is Not Available.