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Khasi and Bengali


Bengali and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
4  
11

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
-  
India  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America  

Regulated By
-  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi  

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.
  
  • Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
  • 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  

Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages  
Assamese and Oriya  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
51  
30

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
11  
8

How Many Consonants
14  
4
40  
29

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)  

Thank You
Khublei  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)  

Good Night
thia sukh  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)  

Good Morning
khublei  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)  

Please
Sngewbha  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)  

Sorry
Map  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)  

Bye
khublei  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Chakma  

Where They Speak
-  
Bangladesh, Burma, India  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
330,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Hajong  

Where They Speak
-  
Bangladesh, India  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
71,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Rarhi  

Where They Speak
-  
India  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
230,000,000.00  
1

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.84 million  
99+
215.00 million  
9

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
3.11 %  
8

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
196.00 million  
7

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
19.00 million  
31

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa  

French Name
khasi  
bengali  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Bengali  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
[ˈbeŋɡali]  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Bengalis (Bengali people)  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
1000–1200 CE  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
Abahatta, Old Bengali  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Bengali  

Language Position
40  
37
4  
4

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Signed Bengali  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
bn  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
ben  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
ben  

ISO 639 3
kha  
ben  

ISO 639 6
kha  
ben  

Glottocode
khas1269  
beng1280  

Linguasphere
No data available  
59-AAF-u  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Khasi and Bengali Speaking population

Khasi and Bengali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Bengali languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Bengali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bengali language is 3.11 %. 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 Bengali on Khasi vs Bengali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Bengali Language Codes

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

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