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Khasi and Kannada


Kannada and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
India, Karnataka, India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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

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

Alphabets
23  
5
49  
29

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
14  
11

How Many Consonants
14  
4
35  
25

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Kannada Script  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Badaga  

Where They Speak
-  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
540,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Urali  

Where They Speak
-  
kerala  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
6,440.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Kurumba  

Where They Speak
-  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
220,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.84 million  
99+
49.00 million  
29

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.58 %  
28

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
38.00 million  
26

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
11.00 million  
39

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  

History

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
40  
37
31  
29

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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
-  
-  

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

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Khasi and Kannada Speaking population

Khasi and Kannada speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Kannada languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Kannada Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Kannada language is 0.58 %. 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 Kannada on Khasi vs Kannada where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Kannada Language Codes

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

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