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Khasi and Bengali


Bengali and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya   
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
4   
11

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not Available   
India   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi   

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Assamese and Oriya   

Derived From
Not Available   
Sanskrit Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
51   
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
11   
8

How Many Consonants
14   
4
40   
29

Scripts
Bengali, Latin   
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
2   
1

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Kumno   
হ্যালো (Hyālō)   

Thank You
Khublei   
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)   

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?   
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)   

Good Night
thia sukh   
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)   

Good Evening
babha janmiet   
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)   

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi   
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)   

Good Morning
khublei   
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)   

Please
Sngewbha   
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)   

Sorry
Map   
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)   

Bye
khublei   
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)   

I Love You
ieit ieit   
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)   

Excuse Me
map a nga   
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi   
Chakma   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bangladesh, Burma, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
330,000.00   
36

Dialect 2
Nonglung   
Hajong   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Bangladesh, India   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
71,000.00   
36

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji   
Rarhi   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
India   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
25   
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.84 million   
99+
215.00 million   
9

Speaking Population
Not Available   
3.11 %   
8

Native Speakers
0.84 million   
99+
196.00 million   
7

Second Language Speakers
Not Available   
19.00 million   
16

Native Name
Not Available   
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)   

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa   

French Name
khasi   
bengali   

German Name
Khasi-Sprache   
Bengali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not available   

Ethnicity
Khasi people   
Bengalis (Bengali people)   

History

Origin
Not Available   
1000–1200 CE   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indo-Iranian   

Branch
Not Available   
Indic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms   
Abahatta, Old Bengali   

Standard Forms
Khasi   
Bengali   

Language Position
Not Available   
4   
4

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
bn   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha   
ben   

ISO 639 2/B
kha   
ben   

ISO 639 3
kha   
ben   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khas1269   
beng1280   

Linguasphere
No data available   
59-AAF-u   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

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

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Khasi and Bengali Speaking population

Khasi and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Khasi vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Bengali Language Codes

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

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