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Assamese and Khasi


Khasi and Assamese


Countries

Countries
India  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Bangladesh, Bhutan  
-  

Regulated By
Asam Sahitya Sabha  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
  • Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
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  • 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
Bengali and Oriya  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
14  
4

Scripts
Bengali  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
nomoskaar  
Kumno  

Thank You
ḍhonyobaaḍ  
Khublei  

How Are You?
aapuni kene aase?  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
subhoraattri  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
subha gadhuli  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
subha abeli  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
suprobhaat  
khublei  

Please
anugroha kori  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
moi ḍukkhita  
Map  

Bye
biḍai  
khublei  

I Love You
moi tomaak bhaalpaao  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
kyoma koribo  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kamrupi  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,000,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Goalpariya  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Western Assam  
-  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
30
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Bhakatiya  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Assam  
-  

How Many People Speak
16,000,000.00  
27
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.24 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
15.00 million  
40
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
15.00 million  
34
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
assamais  
khasi  

German Name
Assamesisch  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ɔxɔmɔnɔ]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Assamese people  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
7th century A.D  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Kamarupa  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Assamese  
Khasi  

Language Position
65  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Assamese  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
as  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
asm  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
asm  
kha  

ISO 639 3
asm  
kha  

ISO 639 6
asm  
kha  

Glottocode
assa1263  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-w  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Assamese and Khasi Speaking population

Assamese and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Assamese and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Assamese and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Assamese and Khasi on Assamese vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Assamese and Khasi Language Codes

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

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