Countries
Meghalaya
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Regulated By
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Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
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Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Khublei
നന്ദി (nandi)
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
Good Night
thia sukh
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
Good Evening
babha janmiet
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
Good Morning
khublei
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
Please
Sngewbha
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
Sorry
Map
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
I Love You
ieit ieit
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
Excuse Me
map a nga
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
Dialect 1
Bhoi
Judeo-Malayalam
Where They Speak
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Israel, kerala
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Mappila
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Pandy Malayalam
Where They Speak
-
France, kerala
Native Name
Ka Ktien
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
French Name
khasi
malayalam
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Malayalam
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Malayali
Origin
1200 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Dravidian Family
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early form
Standard Forms
Khasi
Malayalam
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Signed Malayalam
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
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Glottocode
khas1269
mala1464
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
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Synthetic
All Khasi and Malayalam 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 Malayalam dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Malayalam language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Malayalam Dialects are spoken in different Malayalam speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Malayalam Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Malayalam dialects include: Judeo-Malayalam , Mappila. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khasi and Malayalam Speaking population
Khasi and Malayalam speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Malayalam languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Malayalam Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 %. 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 Malayalam on Khasi vs Malayalam where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khasi and Malayalam Language Codes
Khasi and Malayalam language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khasi and Malayalam Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.