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Khasi and Ilocano


Ilocano and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
23  
5
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
14  
4
20  
10

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
-  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
-  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.84 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
11.00 million  
39

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  

History

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
40  
37
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Ilocano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
-  
-  

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

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Khasi and Ilocano Speaking population

Khasi and Ilocano speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Ilocano languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Ilocano Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Ilocano language is 0.14 %. 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 Ilocano on Khasi vs Ilocano where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Ilocano Language Codes

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

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