Khasi and Assamese
Countries
Meghalaya
India
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not Available
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
Not Available
Bangladesh, Bhutan
Regulated By
Not Available
Asam Sahitya Sabha
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.
- Assamese was reinstated as the state language of Assam in 1873.
- Assamese language has its own stream of origin, it is evolved in a different way from rest of the Indo-Aryan languages of India.
Similar To
Not Available
Bengali and Oriya
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Assamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Bengali
Writing Direction
Not Available
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Language Levels
Not Available
Thank You
Khublei
ḍhonyobaaḍ
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
aapuni kene aase?
Good Night
thia sukh
subhoraattri
Good Evening
babha janmiet
subha gadhuli
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
subha abeli
Good Morning
khublei
suprobhaat
Please
Sngewbha
anugroha kori
I Love You
ieit ieit
moi tomaak bhaalpaao
Excuse Me
map a nga
kyoma koribo
Where They Speak
Not Available
Western Assam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Goalpariya
Where They Speak
Not Available
Western Assam
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Bhakatiya
Where They Speak
Not Available
Assam
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Not Available
অসমীয়া (asamīẏa)
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Asambe, Asami, Asamiya
French Name
khasi
assamais
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Assamesisch
Pronunciation
Not Available
Not Available
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Assamese people
Origin
Not Available
7th century A.D
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
Branch
Not Available
Indic
Early Forms
No Early Forms
Kamarupa
Standard Forms
Khasi
Assamese
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Not Available
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
as
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
khas1269
assa1263
Linguasphere
No data available
59-AAF-w
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Khasi and Assamese 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 Assamese dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Assamese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Assamese Dialects are spoken in different Assamese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Assamese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Assamese dialects include: Kamrupi , Goalpariya. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khasi and Assamese Speaking population
Khasi and Assamese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Assamese languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Assamese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Assamese language is 0.24 %. 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 Assamese on Khasi vs Assamese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khasi and Assamese Language Codes
Khasi and Assamese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khasi and Assamese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.