Countries
Meghalaya
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Bangladesh, India
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
Second Language
Not Available
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Not Available
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Not Available
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
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.
  
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
Not Available
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Kumno
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
Khublei
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
thia sukh
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
babha janmiet
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
khublei
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Sngewbha
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
Map
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
khublei
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
ieit ieit
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
map a nga
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Bhoi
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
Israel, kerala
  
Dialect 2
Nonglung
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
India
  
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Not Available
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak?
0.84 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
0.84 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Native Name
Not Available
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
khasi
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Khasi people
  
Malayali
  
Origin
Not Available
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
No Early Forms
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Khasi
  
Malayalam
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
No data available
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
kha
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
kha
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
kha
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
khas1269
  
mala1464
  
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
  
Synthetic
  
Khasi and Malayalam Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Khasi and Malayalam greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khasi and Malayalam language. Khasi word for "Hello" is Kumno or Malayalam word for "Thank You" is നന്ദി (nandi). Find more of such common Khasi Greetings and Malayalam Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khasi vs Malayalam Difficulty
The Khasi vs Malayalam difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khasi Alphabets and Malayalam Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Khasi and Malayalam are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khasi and Malayalam, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khasi is Not Available while to learn Malayalam time required is 44 weeks.