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Kannada and Khasi


Khasi and Kannada


Countries

Countries
India, Karnataka, India  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Karnataka, India  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Goa  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
-  

Regulated By
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
  • Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
  • 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
Telugu  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
49  
29
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
14  
11
6  
3

How Many Consonants
35  
25
14  
4

Scripts
Kannada Script  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ಹಲೋ (Halō)  
Kumno  

Thank You
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)  
Khublei  

How Are You?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)  
khublei  

Please
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)  
Map  

Bye
ಬೈ (Bai)  
khublei  

I Love You
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Badaga  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  
-  

How Many People Speak
540,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Urali  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
kerala  
-  

How Many People Speak
6,440.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kurumba  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  
-  

How Many People Speak
220,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
20  
18
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
49.00 million  
29
0.84 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.58 %  
28
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
11.00 million  
39
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
kannada  
khasi  

German Name
Kannada  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Kannadiga  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
c. 450  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Kannada  
Khasi  

Language Position
31  
29
40  
37

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
kn  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kan  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
kan  
kha  

ISO 639 3
kan  
kha  

ISO 639 6
kan  
kha  

Glottocode
nucl1305  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Kannada and Khasi Speaking population

Kannada and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Kannada and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Kannada and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 % 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 Kannada and Khasi on Kannada vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Kannada and Khasi Language Codes

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

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