Swahili and Khasi
Countries
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
Meghalaya
National Language
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Regulated By
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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Interesting Facts
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
- 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
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
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Derived From
Arabic Language
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Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
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Language Levels
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Time Taken to Learn
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How Are You?
Habari gani?
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
Usiku mwema
thia sukh
Good Evening
Habari za jioni
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
nzuri Alasiri
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
Habari za asubuhi
khublei
Please
tafadhali
Sngewbha
I Love You
nakupenda
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
Samahani
map a nga
Where They Speak
Zanzibar island
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Dialect 2
Kimrima
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Dar es Salaam
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Dialect 3
Kimgao
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Kilwa
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Speaking Population
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Alternative Names
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
swahili
khasi
German Name
Swahili
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
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Ethnicity
Swahili people or Waswahili
Khasi people
Origin
6th century
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Language Family
Niger-Congo Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
Benue-Congo
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Branch
Bantu
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Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Swahili
Khasi
Signed Forms
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Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
sw
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ISO 639 6
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Glottocode
swah1254
khas1269
Linguasphere
99-AUS-m
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Swahili and Khasi 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 Swahili and Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Swahili and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Swahili are spoken in different Swahili Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Swahili vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja, Kimrima. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Swahili and Khasi Speaking population
Swahili and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Swahili and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Swahili and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Swahili language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi 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 Swahili and Khasi on Swahili vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Swahili and Khasi Language Codes
Swahili and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Swahili and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.
