Cantonese and Khasi
Countries
Hong Kong, Macau
Meghalaya
National Language
China, Guangdong
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Hawaii
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Regulated By
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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Interesting Facts
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
- 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
Chinese Language
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Alphabets in
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Bengali, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
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How Are You?
你好吗？
Kumno phi long?
Good Evening
晚上好
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
下午好
babha noph-phai-sngi
Where They Speak
outside mainland China
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Dialect 2
Xiguan
Nonglung
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
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Dialect 3
Hong Kong
Cherrapunji
Where They Speak
Hong Kong
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Native Name
Kwang Tung Wa
Ka Ktien
Alternative Names
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
French Name
cantonais
khasi
German Name
Kantonesisch
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
[ˈkʰɑsi]
Ethnicity
Han Chinese
Khasi people
Origin
17th century
1200 AD
Language Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Standard Cantonese
Khasi
Signed Forms
Signed Cantonese
Khasi Sign Language
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 3
No data available
kha
Glottocode
cant1236
khas1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Cantonese 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 Cantonese and Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Cantonese and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Cantonese are spoken in different Cantonese Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Cantonese vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou, Xiguan. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Cantonese and Khasi Speaking population
Cantonese and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Cantonese and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Cantonese and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 % 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 Cantonese and Khasi on Cantonese vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Cantonese and Khasi Language Codes
Cantonese and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Cantonese and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.