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Khasi and Somali


Somali and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya   
Djibouti, Kenya, Somalia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
3   
12

National Language
Bangladesh, India   
Somalia   

Second Language
Not Available   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Africa, Middle East   

Minority Language
Not Available   
Yemen   

Regulated By
Not Available   
National Languages Committee, Regional Somali Language Academy   

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.
  
  • Somali language is one of the best documented Afro-Asiatic languages.
  • One of the most widely spoken of the Cushitic languages is the Somali Language.
  

Similar To
Not Available   
Afar and Oromo Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23   
5
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6   
3
5   
2

How Many Consonants
14   
4
21   
11

Scripts
Bengali, Latin   
Arabic, Latin, Osmanya   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
Not Available   
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
Not Available   
52 weeks   
12

Greetings

Hello
Kumno   
Hello   

Thank You
Khublei   
Waad ku mahadsan tahay   

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?   
Sidee tahay ?   

Good Night
thia sukh   
Habeenka Good   

Good Evening
babha janmiet   
Evening Good   

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi   
galab wanaagsan   

Good Morning
khublei   
Subax wanaagsan   

Please
Sngewbha   
Fadlan   

Sorry
Map   
sorry   

Bye
khublei   
caraysiiyo   

I Love You
ieit ieit   
Waan ku jeclahay   

Excuse Me
map a nga   
iga raali ahow   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi   
Northern Somali   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Gabon, Standard Somali   

Dialect 2
Nonglung   
Benaadir   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Georgia, The capital of Mogadishu   

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji   
Af-Ashraaf   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Standard Somali   

Total No. Of Dialects
5   
5
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
0.84 million   
99+
8.00 million   
99+

Native Name
Not Available   
af Soomaali   

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   
Af-Maxaad Tiri, Af-Soomaali, Common Somali, Soomaaliga   

French Name
khasi   
somali   

German Name
Khasi-Sprache   
Somali   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Khasi people   
Somalis   

History

Origin
Not Available   
19th century   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Cushitic   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Khasi   
Somali   

Language Position
Not Available   
83   
99+

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Somali Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available   
so   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha   
som   

ISO 639 2/B
kha   
som   

ISO 639 3
kha   
som   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khas1269   
soma1255   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

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

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Khasi and Somali Speaking population

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

Khasi and Somali Language Codes

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

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