Khasi and Xhosa
Countries
Meghalaya
South Africa
National Language
Bangladesh, India
South Africa
Second Language
Not Available
Lesotho, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
Not Available
Botswana, Lesotho
Regulated By
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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.
- Xhosa has 15 click sounds, borrowed from the khoi-khoi and san languages of the South Africa.
- The same sequence of consonants and vowels can have different meaning when said with different tones, so Xhosa is tonal.
Similar To
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Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele
Derived From
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Khoi-Khoi and San Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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Thank You
Khublei
Ndiyabulela
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
Unjani
Good Night
thia sukh
Ulale kakuhle
Good Evening
babha janmiet
Ubusuku obuhle
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
Uben' emva kwemini entle
Good Morning
khublei
Molo
Bye
khublei
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle
I Love You
ieit ieit
Ndiyakuthanda
Excuse Me
map a nga
Uxolo
Where They Speak
Not Available
South Africa
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Thembu
Where They Speak
Not Available
South Africa
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Hlubi
Where They Speak
Not Available
South Africa
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
isiXhosa
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Xhosa-Sprache
Pronunciation
Not Available
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Ethnicity
Khasi people
amaXhosa, amaBhaca
Origin
Not Available
16th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
isiXhosa
Signed Forms
Not Available
Signed Xhosa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
xh
ISO 639 6
Not Available
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Glottocode
khas1269
xhos1239
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUT-fa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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All Khasi and Xhosa 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 Xhosa dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Xhosa language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Xhosa Dialects are spoken in different Xhosa speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Xhosa Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Xhosa dialects include: Gcaleka , Thembu. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khasi and Xhosa Speaking population
Khasi and Xhosa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Xhosa languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Xhosa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Xhosa language is 0.11 %. 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 Xhosa on Khasi vs Xhosa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khasi and Xhosa Language Codes
Khasi and Xhosa language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khasi and Xhosa Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.