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Khasi
Khasi

Chewa
Chewa



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Countries

Countries

Meghalaya
Malawi, Zimbabwe

Total No. Of Countries

12
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Second Language

-
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Asia
Africa

Minority Language

-
Zambia

Regulated By

-
-

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.
  • Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
  • Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.

Similar To

Garo and Jaintia Languages
Zulu language

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2331
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

65
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1418
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

-
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks32 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kumno
Moni

Thank You

Khublei
Zikomo

How Are You?

Kumno phi long?
Muli bwanji?

Good Night

thia sukh
Usiku wabwino

Good Evening

babha janmiet
Madzulo abwino

Good Afternoon

babha noph-phai-sngi
Masana abwino

Good Morning

khublei
M'mawa wabwino

Please

Sngewbha
Chonde

Sorry

Map
pepani

Bye

khublei
anatsanzikana

I Love You

ieit ieit
Ndimakukondani

Excuse Me

map a nga
Pepani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Bhoi
Kasungu

Where They Speak

-
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Nonglung
Kikamtunda

Where They Speak

-
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0010,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Cherrapunji
Kimaravi

Where They Speak

-
Malawi, Zambia

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.001,200,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

55
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.84 million12.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %0.17 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.84 million12.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million1.50 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Ka Ktien
Nyanja

Alternative Names

Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa

French Name

khasi
chichewa; chewa; nyanja

German Name

Khasi-Sprache
Nyanja-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ˈkʰɑsi]
[ˈtʃewa]

Ethnicity

Khasi people
Chewa people

History

Origin

1200 AD
15th Century

Language Family

Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

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Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early Forms
No early forms

Standard Forms

Khasi
Chewa

Language Position

4027
1 120
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Signed Forms

Khasi Sign Language
Chewa Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
ny

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kha
nya

ISO 639 2/B

kha
nya

ISO 639 3

kha
nya

ISO 639 6

kha
nya

Glottocode

khas1269
nyan1308

Linguasphere

No data available
99-AUS-xaa – xag

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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-

Language Morphological Typology

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-

Khasi and Chewa Alphabets

Khasi and Chewa Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Khasi and Chewa. In Khasi Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Chewa Alphabets there are 31 letters. To learn Khasi and Chewa languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Khasi and Chewa languages. The Khasi phonology consist Khasi vowels and Khasi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Khasi greetings vs Chewa greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Khasi and Chewa are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Khasi and Chewa Speaking population

Khasi and Chewa speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Chewa languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Chewa Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Chewa language is 0.17 %. 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 Chewa on Khasi vs Chewa where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Chewa Language Codes

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