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Khasi and Xhosa


Xhosa and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
South Africa  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
Not Available  
Not Available  

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
Not Available  
Zulu, Swazi, and Ndebele  

Derived From
Not Available  
Khoi-Khoi and San Languages  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
10  
7

How Many Consonants
14  
4
43  
32

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  
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
Molo  

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  

Please
Sngewbha  
Ndicela  

Sorry
Map  
Ndicela uxolo  

Bye
khublei  
Uhambe/Usale kakuhle  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
Ndiyakuthanda  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
Uxolo  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Gcaleka  

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  

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
9  
9

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
8.20 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
Not Available  
11.00 million  
21

Native Name
Not Available  
isiXhosa  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
“Cauzuh” (pej.), Isixhosa, Koosa, Xosa  

French Name
khasi  
xhosa  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Xhosa-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
amaXhosa, amaBhaca  

History

Origin
Not Available  
16th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Niger-Congo Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Benue-Congo  

Branch
Not Available  
Bantu  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
isiXhosa  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Signed Xhosa  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
xh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
xho  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
xho  

ISO 639 3
kha  
xho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
khas1269  
xhos1239  

Linguasphere
No data available  
99-AUT-fa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

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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.

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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.

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