Countries
Meghalaya
Madagascar
Total No. Of Countries
11
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
-
-
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.
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Swahili and Comorian Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
2321
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
65
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1420
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kumno
Salama!
Thank You
Khublei
Misaotra
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
Manao ahoana!
Good Night
thia sukh
Alina tsara
Good Evening
babha janmiet
Manao ahoana e
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
Manao ahoana e
Good Morning
khublei
Maraina tsara
Please
Sngewbha
azafady
Sorry
Map
Miala tsiny
Bye
khublei
Veloma!
I Love You
ieit ieit
Tiako ianao.
Excuse Me
map a nga
Azafady
Dialect 1
Bhoi
Eastern Malagasy
Where They Speak
-
Merina
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Nonglung
Western Malagasy
Where They Speak
-
Sakalava
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.001,200,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Plateau Malagasy
Where They Speak
-
-
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
52
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
0.84 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.01 %0.28 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
0.84 million18.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million18.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Ka Ktien
Fiteny Malagasy
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Malagasy Sign Language
French Name
khasi
malgache
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Malagassi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Malagasy people
Origin
1200 AD
1000 AD
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Austronesian
Branch
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Indonesian
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
standard Malagasy
Language Position
4084
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Malagasy Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
mg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kha
mlg
ISO 639 2/B
kha
mlg
ISO 639 3
kha
mlg
ISO 639 6
kha
mlg
Glottocode
khas1269
mala1537
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Verb-Object-Subject
Language Morphological Typology
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