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Yoruba and Khasi


Khasi and Yoruba


Countries

Countries
Benin, Nigeria   
Meghalaya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Nigeria   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Asia   

Minority Language
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Yoruba Academy   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
  • In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
  
  • 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
Owo and Itsekiri languages   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200   
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
29   
11
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
12   
9
6   
3

How Many Consonants
17   
7
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Bengali, Latin   

Writing Direction
Not Available   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
Ẹ n lẹ   
Kumno   

Thank You
e dupe   
Khublei   

How Are You?
Bawo ni o se wa   
Kumno phi long?   

Good Night
Kasun layọ o   
thia sukh   

Good Evening
ka a ale   
babha janmiet   

Good Afternoon
e kaasan   
babha noph-phai-sngi   

Good Morning
e kaaro   
khublei   

Please
Jowo   
Sngewbha   

Sorry
binu   
Map   

Bye
bye   
khublei   

I Love You
mo nifẹ rẹ   
ieit ieit   

Excuse Me
mo tọrọ gafara   
map a nga   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Itsekiri   
Bhoi   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
500,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Ede   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
Benin, Togo   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
800,000.00   
27
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Ulukwumi   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
Nigeria   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
10,000.00   
34
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
20   
18
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
30.00 million   
36
0.84 million   
99+

Speaking Population
0.42 %   
32
Not Available   

Native Speakers
28.00 million   
29
0.84 million   
99+

Native Name
Yorùbá   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Yariba, Yooba   
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   

French Name
yoruba   
khasi   

German Name
Yoruba-Sprache   
Khasi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Yoruba people   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
4 BC   
Not Available   

Language Family
Niger-Congo Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Western Sudanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Kwa   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Yorùbá   
Khasi   

Language Position
49   
36
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Yoruba Sign Language   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
yo   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
yor   
kha   

ISO 639 2/B
yor   
kha   

ISO 639 3
yor   
kha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
yoru1245   
khas1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Not Available   

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All Yoruba 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 Yoruba and Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Yoruba and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Yoruba are spoken in different Yoruba Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Yoruba vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Yoruba dialects include: Itsekiri, Ede. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Yoruba and Khasi Speaking population

Yoruba and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Yoruba and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Yoruba and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Yoruba language is 0.42 % 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 Yoruba and Khasi on Yoruba vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Yoruba and Khasi Language Codes

Yoruba and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Yoruba and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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