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Ilocano vs Khasi


Khasi vs Ilocano


Countries

Countries
Philippines  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Philippines  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Regulated By
Commission on the Filipino Language  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  
  • 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
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
32  
14
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
20  
10
14  
4

Scripts
Ilokano Braille, Latin  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kablaaw  
Kumno  

Thank You
Agyamanak  
Khublei  

How Are You?
Kumusta?  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
Naimbag a rabii  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
Naimbag a sardam  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
Naimbag a malem  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
Naimbag a bigat  
khublei  

Please
mangngegda  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
Agpakawanak  
Map  

Bye
Pakada  
khublei  

I Love You
Ayayatenka  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
Maawan-dayawen  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Balangao  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
-  

How Many People Speak
21,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Bontoc  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Philippines  
-  

How Many People Speak
41,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Not present  
-  

How Many People Speak
8,000,000.00  
31
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
2  
2
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.14 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
9.10 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ilokano  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Ilokano, Iloko  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
ilocano  
khasi  

German Name
Ilokano-Sprache  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[iːloˈkɑno]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Ilocano people  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
18th Century  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Austronesian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Ilocano  
Khasi  

Language Position
94  
99+
40  
37

Signed Forms
Ilocano Sign Language  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
ilo  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
ilo  
kha  

ISO 639 3
ilo  
kha  

ISO 639 6
ilo  
kha  

Glottocode
ilok1237  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
31-CBA-a  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Ilocano and Khasi Language History

Comparison of Ilocano vs Khasi language history gives us differences between origin of Ilocano and Khasi language. History of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th Century whereas history of Khasi language states that this language originated in 1200 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Ilocano and Khasi Language History.

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Ilocano and Khasi Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Ilocano and Khasi greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Ilocano and Khasi language. Ilocano word for "Hello" is Kablaaw or Khasi word for "Thank You" is Khublei. Find more of such common Ilocano Greetings and Khasi Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Ilocano vs Khasi Difficulty

The Ilocano vs Khasi difficulty level basically depends on the number of Ilocano Alphabets and Khasi Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Ilocano and Khasi are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Ilocano and Khasi, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Ilocano is 44 weeks while to learn Khasi time required is 44 weeks.

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