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Khasi and Punjabi


Punjabi and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
India, Pakistan  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
India, Pakistan  

Second Language
-  
Pakistan  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  

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.
  
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  

Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages  
Hindi Language  

Derived From
-  
Sanskrit Language  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
23  
5
53  
32

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
9  
6

How Many Consonants
14  
4
41  
30

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi  

Writing Direction
-  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
6 weeks  
3

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)  

Thank You
Khublei  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)  

Good Night
thia sukh  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)  

Good Morning
khublei  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)  

Please
Sngewbha  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)  

Sorry
Map  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)  

Bye
khublei  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Pothohari  

Where They Speak
-  
Pakistan  

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

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Saraiki  

Where They Speak
-  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
20,000,000.00  
26

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Doabi  

Where They Speak
-  
Pakistan, Punjab, India  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
130,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
30  
24

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.84 million  
99+
154.30 million  
12

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
1.44 %  
12

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
100.00 million  
11

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
54.30 million  
17

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi  

French Name
khasi  
pendjabi  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Pandschabi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
Not Availble  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Punjabis  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
1000 AD  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
Indo-Iranian  

Branch
-  
Indic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Modern Punjabi  

Language Position
40  
37
23  
21

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Indian Signing System (ISS)  

Scope
Individual  
-  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
pa  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
pan  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
pan  

ISO 639 3
kha  
pan  

ISO 639 6
kha  
panj  

Glottocode
khas1269  
panj1256  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
Subject-Object-Verb  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
Fusional  

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

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Khasi and Punjabi Speaking population

Khasi and Punjabi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Punjabi languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Punjabi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 %. 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 Punjabi on Khasi vs Punjabi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Punjabi Language Codes

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

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