Countries
Meghalaya
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Philippines
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
Commission on the Filipino Language
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.
- Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
- Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2332
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
66
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1420
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Ilokano Braille, Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
64
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kumno
Kablaaw
Thank You
Khublei
Agyamanak
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
Kumusta?
Good Night
thia sukh
Naimbag a rabii
Good Evening
babha janmiet
Naimbag a sardam
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
Naimbag a malem
Good Morning
khublei
Naimbag a bigat
Please
Sngewbha
mangngegda
Sorry
Map
Agpakawanak
Bye
khublei
Pakada
I Love You
ieit ieit
Ayayatenka
Excuse Me
map a nga
Maawan-dayawen
Dialect 1
Bhoi
Balangao
Where They Speak
-
Philippines
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0021,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Bontoc
Where They Speak
-
Philippines
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0041,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Not present
Where They Speak
-
Not present
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.008,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
52
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.84 million9.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.84 million9.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million11.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Ka Ktien
ilokano
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Ilokano, Iloko
French Name
khasi
ilocano
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Ilokano-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[iːloˈkɑno]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Ilocano people
Origin
1200 AD
18th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
Modern Ilocano
Language Position
4094
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Ilocano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kha
ilo
ISO 639 2/B
kha
ilo
ISO 639 3
kha
ilo
ISO 639 6
kha
ilo
Glottocode
khas1269
ilok1237
Linguasphere
No data available
31-CBA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-