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Bengali and Khasi


Khasi and Bengali


Countries

Countries
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
India  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  
-  

Regulated By
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali 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
Assamese and Oriya  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
51  
30
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
11  
8
6  
3

How Many Consonants
40  
29
14  
4

Scripts
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  
Kumno  

Thank You
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  
Khublei  

How Are You?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  
khublei  

Please
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  
Map  

Bye
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  
khublei  

I Love You
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Chakma  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, Burma, India  
-  

How Many People Speak
330,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hajong  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Bangladesh, India  
-  

How Many People Speak
71,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Rarhi  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
230,000,000.00  
1
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
25  
21
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
215.00 million  
9
0.84 million  
99+

Speaking Population
3.11 %  
8
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
196.00 million  
7
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
19.00 million  
31
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
bengali  
khasi  

German Name
Bengali  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈbeŋɡali]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Bengalis (Bengali people)  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
1000–1200 CE  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Bengali  
Khasi  

Language Position
4  
4
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Bengali  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
bn  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ben  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
ben  
kha  

ISO 639 3
ben  
kha  

ISO 639 6
ben  
kha  

Glottocode
beng1280  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
59-AAF-u  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Bengali and Khasi Speaking population

Bengali and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bengali and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Bengali and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 % 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 Bengali and Khasi on Bengali vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Bengali and Khasi Language Codes

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

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