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Khasi and Assamese


Assamese and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not Available  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not Available  
Bangladesh, Bhutan  

Regulated By
Not Available  
Asam Sahitya Sabha  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
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Similar To
Not Available  
Bengali and Oriya  

Derived From
Not Available  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
23  
5
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
14  
4
41  
30

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Bengali  

Writing Direction
Not Available  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available  
3  
2

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
nomoskaar  

Thank You
Khublei  
ḍhonyobaaḍ  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
aapuni kene aase?  

Good Night
thia sukh  
subhoraattri  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
subha gadhuli  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
subha abeli  

Good Morning
khublei  
suprobhaat  

Please
Sngewbha  
anugroha kori  

Sorry
Map  
moi ḍukkhita  

Bye
khublei  
biḍai  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
kyoma koribo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Kamrupi  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Western Assam  

How Many People Speak
Not Available  
6,000,000.00  
16

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Goalpariya  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Western Assam  

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Bhakatiya  

Where They Speak
Not Available  
Assam  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
3  
3

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.84 million  
99+
15.30 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.24 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
15.00 million  
40

Native Name
Not Available  
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  

French Name
khasi  
assamais  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Assamesisch  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Assamese people  

History

Origin
Not Available  
7th century A.D  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
Not Available  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
Kamarupa  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Assamese  

Language Position
Not Available  
65  
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
as  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
asm  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
asm  

ISO 639 3
kha  
asm  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khas1269  
assa1263  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-w  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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All Khasi and Assamese 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 Khasi and Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Khasi and Assamese Speaking population

Khasi and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Khasi and Assamese on Khasi vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Assamese Language Codes

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

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