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Malayalam vs Khasi


Khasi vs Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Not Available  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
Not Available  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
Not Available  

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
  
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Not Available  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
14  
4

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Not Available  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
Not Available  

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
Not Available  

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Kumno  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Khublei  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
khublei  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Map  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
khublei  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
India  
Not Available  

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
0.84 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
27
Not Available  

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
0.84 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Not Available  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
malayalam  
khasi  

German Name
Malayalam  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
Not Available  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
Not Available  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Khasi  

Language Position
29  
24
Not Available  

Signed Forms
Not Available  
Not Available  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
kha  

ISO 639 3
mal  
kha  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
mala1464  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Not Available  

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Malayalam and Khasi Language History

Comparison of Malayalam vs Khasi language history gives us differences between origin of Malayalam and Khasi language. History of Malayalam language states that this language originated in 9th Century whereas history of Khasi language states that this language originated in Not Available. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Malayalam and Khasi Language History.

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Malayalam and Khasi 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 Malayalam and Khasi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malayalam and Khasi language. Malayalam word for "Hello" is ഹലോ (halēā) or Khasi word for "Thank You" is Khublei. Find more of such common Malayalam Greetings and Khasi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Malayalam vs Khasi Difficulty

The Malayalam vs Khasi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malayalam Alphabets and Khasi 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 Malayalam and Khasi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malayalam and Khasi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malayalam is 44 weeks while to learn Khasi time required is Not Available.

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