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Khasi and Malagasy


Malagasy and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
Madagascar  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

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
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
21  
3

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
5  
2

How Many Consonants
14  
4
20  
10

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Eastern Malagasy  

Where They Speak
-  
Merina  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Western Malagasy  

Where They Speak
-  
Sakalava  

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

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Plateau Malagasy  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
24

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.84 million  
99+
25.00 million  
40

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.28 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
18.00 million  
38

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
18.00 million  
32

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  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
Austronesian  

Branch
-  
Indonesian  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
standard Malagasy  

Language Position
40  
37
84  
99+

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Malagasy Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

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
-  
Verb-Object-Subject  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Khasi and Malagasy Speaking population

Khasi and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Khasi vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Malagasy Language Codes

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

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