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Khasi and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
7  
8
1  
14

National Language
Germany  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America  
-  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  
-  

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German 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
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
Albanian Languages  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26  
8
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10  
7
6  
3

How Many Consonants
9  
1
14  
4

Scripts
Latin  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks  
10
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
hallo  
Kumno  

Thank You
Danke  
Khublei  

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
gute Nacht  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
guten Abend  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
guten Tag  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
guten Morgen  
khublei  

Please
bitte  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
Verzeihung  
Map  

Bye
Tschüs  
khublei  

I Love You
Ich liebe dich  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Switzerland  
-  

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Swabian German  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Germany  
-  

How Many People Speak
820,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Texas German  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Texas  
-  

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

Total No. Of Dialects
28  
23
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million  
8
0.84 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %  
13
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
101.00 million  
10
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million  
5
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Deutsch  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
allemand  
khasi  

German Name
Deutsch  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Germans  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
6th Century AD  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Germanic  
-  

Branch
Western  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German  
Khasi  

Language Position
9  
9
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed German  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
de  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
ger  
kha  

ISO 639 3
deu  
kha  

ISO 639 6
deus  
kha  

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic  
-  

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

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German and Khasi Speaking population

German and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of German and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % 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 German and Khasi on German vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Khasi Language Codes

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

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