Khasi and Afrikaans
Countries
Meghalaya
South Africa
National Language
Bangladesh, India
South Africa
Second Language
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Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
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Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
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Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Dutch Language
Derived From
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Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
thia sukh
goeie nag
Good Evening
babha janmiet
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
Goeie middag
Good Morning
khublei
goeie more
Please
Sngewbha
asseblief
I Love You
ieit ieit
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
map a nga
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Bhoi
Kaapse Afrikaans
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
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Namibia
Native Name
Ka Ktien
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Cape Dutch
French Name
khasi
afrikaans
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Afrikaners
Origin
1200 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Khasi
Standard Afrikaans
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
af
Glottocode
khas1269
afri1274
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ACB-ba
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic
All Khasi and Afrikaans 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 Khasi and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khasi and Afrikaans Speaking population
Khasi and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 %. 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 Khasi and Afrikaans on Khasi vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khasi and Afrikaans Language Codes
Khasi and Afrikaans language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khasi and Afrikaans Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.