Countries
Meghalaya
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Karnataka, India
Second Language
-
Goa
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
-
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
-
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2349
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
614
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1435
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kumno
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Khublei
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
thia sukh
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
babha janmiet
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
khublei
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Sngewbha
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Map
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
khublei
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
ieit ieit
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
map a nga
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Bhoi
Badaga
Where They Speak
-
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Nonglung
Urali
Where They Speak
-
kerala
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Kurumba
Where They Speak
-
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
520
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.84 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.84 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Ka Ktien
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
khasi
kannada
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Kannadiga
Origin
1200 AD
c. 450
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early Forms
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Khasi
Modern Kannada
Language Position
4031
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kha
kan
ISO 639 2/B
kha
kan
ISO 639 3
kha
kan
ISO 639 6
kha
kan
Glottocode
khas1269
nucl1305
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-