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Khasi and Igbo


Igbo and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya   
Nigeria   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Nigeria   

Second Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Equatorial Guinea   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture   

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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
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Not Available   

Derived From
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Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
8   
5

How Many Consonants
14   
4
28   
18

Scripts
Bengali, Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Kumno   
kedụ   

Thank You
Khublei   
dalụ   

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?   
kedụ ka ịmere   

Good Night
thia sukh   
ka chi fo   

Good Evening
babha janmiet   
mgbede ọma   

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi   
ehihie ọma   

Good Morning
khublei   
ụtụtụ ọma   

Please
Sngewbha   
Biko   

Sorry
Map   
Ndo   

Bye
khublei   
Not Available   

I Love You
ieit ieit   
a hụrụ m gị n'anya   

Excuse Me
map a nga   
ngọpụ   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi   
Enuani   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Nigeria   

Dialect 2
Nonglung   
Ngwa   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Nigeria   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,500,000.00   
22

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji   
Not present   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
20   
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.84 million   
99+
25.00 million   
40

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.84 million   
99+
25.00 million   
32

Native Name
Not Available   
igbo   

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   
Ibo   

French Name
khasi   
igbo   

German Name
Khasi-Sprache   
Ibo-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
[iɡ͡boː]   

Ethnicity
Khasi people   
Igbo people   

History

Origin
Not Available   
30th Century BC   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Kwa   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Khasi   
Standard Igbo   

Language Position
Not Available   
57   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
ig   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha   
ibo   

ISO 639 2/B
kha   
ibo   

ISO 639 3
kha   
ibo   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khas1269   
nucl1417   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available   
Agglutinative   

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

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Khasi and Igbo Speaking population

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

Khasi and Igbo Language Codes

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

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