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Khasi and Norwegian


Norwegian and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
Norway  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Norway  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Europe, South America  

Minority Language
-  
Nynorsk  

Regulated By
-  
Norwegian Language Council  

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.
  
  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages  
Swedish and Danish Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
14  
4
20  
10

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
24 weeks  
6

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
hallo  

Thank You
Khublei  
takk  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
hvordan har du det?  

Good Night
thia sukh  
god natt  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
god kveld  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
god ettermiddag  

Good Morning
khublei  
god morgen  

Please
Sngewbha  
Vær så snill  

Sorry
Map  
unnskyld  

Bye
khublei  
ha det  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
Jeg Elsker Deg  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
unnskyld meg  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Jamtlandic  

Where They Speak
-  
Jamtland,Harjedalen  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
30,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Sognamål  

Where They Speak
-  
Sogn  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Hallingmål-Valdris  

Where They Speak
-  
Hallingdal, Valdres  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
5,000,000.00  
38

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
19  
17

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.07 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
5.00 million  
99+

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
Norsk  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Norsk  

French Name
khasi  
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Nynorsk  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Norwegians  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
c. 1300 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Germanic  

Branch
-  
Northern (Scandinavian)  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Nynorsk, Bokmål  

Language Position
40  
37
18  
16

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Signed Norwegian  

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
no  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
nor  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
nor  

ISO 639 3
kha  
nor  

ISO 639 6
kha  
nor  

Glottocode
khas1269  
norw1258  

Linguasphere
No data available  
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Khasi and Norwegian Speaking population

Khasi and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian language is 0.07 %. 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 Norwegian on Khasi vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Norwegian Language Codes

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

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