Khasi and Santali
Countries
Meghalaya
India
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Munda Language
Alphabets in
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Santali-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
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Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Khublei
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
thia sukh
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
babha janmiet
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
संध्यायान
Good Morning
khublei
Boge Setak’
I Love You
ieit ieit
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
map a nga
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Not present
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Not present
Native Name
Ka Ktien
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Santali
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
1200 AD
20th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
Santali
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
No data available
Glottocode
khas1269
sant1410
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
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All Khasi and Santali 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 Santali dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Santali language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Santali Dialects are spoken in different Santali speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Santali Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Santali dialects include: Mahali Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khasi and Santali Speaking population
Khasi and Santali speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Santali languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Santali Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Santali language is 0.02 %. 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 Santali on Khasi vs Santali where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khasi and Santali Language Codes
Khasi and Santali language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khasi and Santali Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.