Khasi and Igbo
Countries
Meghalaya
Nigeria
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Nigeria
Second Language
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Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
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Equatorial Guinea
Regulated By
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Society for Promoting Igbo Language and Culture
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.
- In Igbo, there is complicated system of high and low tones indicating differences in meaning and grammatical relationships.
- Igbo has inexhaustible and rich linguistic features like idioms, proverbs, aphorisms, anecdotes etc.
Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Yoruba and Hausa Languages
Alphabets in
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Igbo-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Latin
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
kedụ ka ịmere
Good Night
thia sukh
ka chi fo
Good Evening
babha janmiet
mgbede ọma
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
ehihie ọma
Good Morning
khublei
ụtụtụ ọma
I Love You
ieit ieit
a hụrụ m gị n'anya
Excuse Me
map a nga
ngọpụ
Where They Speak
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Nigeria
Where They Speak
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Nigeria
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Not present
Native Name
Ka Ktien
igbo
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Ibo
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Ibo-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[iɡ͡boː]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Igbo people
Origin
1200 AD
30th Century BC
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
Standard Igbo
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Igbo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
ig
Glottocode
khas1269
nucl1417
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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Agglutinative
All Khasi and Igbo 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 Igbo dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Igbo language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Igbo Dialects are spoken in different Igbo speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Igbo Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Igbo dialects include: Enuani , Ngwa. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khasi and Igbo Speaking population
Khasi and Igbo speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Igbo languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Igbo Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Igbo language is 0.09 %. 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 Igbo on Khasi vs Igbo where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khasi and Igbo Language Codes
Khasi and Igbo language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khasi and Igbo Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.