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Khasi and Konkani


Konkani and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
India  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
India  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Govenment of Goa  

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.
  
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  

Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages  
Marathi  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
52  
31

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
16  
13

How Many Consonants
14  
4
36  
26

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
4 weeks  
2

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
Namaskar  

Thank You
Khublei  
Dev Borem Korum  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
kaso assa?  

Good Night
thia sukh  
Rati Boren Zavonn  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
Sanj Borem Zavonn  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  

Good Morning
khublei  
Dis Borem Zavonn  

Please
Sngewbha  
Chike  

Sorry
Map  
Maf kor  

Bye
khublei  
Adeus  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
hav tujo mog korta.  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
upkar korxi  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Antruz  

Where They Speak
-  
Goa  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
2,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
2,700,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
7.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
1  
1

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
7.40 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
8.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
Kōṅkaṇī  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  

French Name
khasi  
konkani  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Konkani  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
kõkɳi  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Konkanis  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
1209 A.D.  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Kokani  

Language Position
40  
37
23  
21

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
Individual, Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
kok  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
kok  

ISO 639 3
kha  
kok  

ISO 639 6
kha  
kok  

Glottocode
khas1269  
goan1235  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Khasi and Konkani Speaking population

Khasi and Konkani speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Konkani languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Konkani Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 %. 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 Konkani on Khasi vs Konkani where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Konkani Language Codes

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

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