Khasi and Swahili
Countries
Meghalaya
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania
Second Language
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Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
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Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
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Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
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Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Latin
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
Habari gani?
Good Night
thia sukh
Usiku mwema
Good Evening
babha janmiet
Habari za jioni
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
nzuri Alasiri
Good Morning
khublei
Habari za asubuhi
Please
Sngewbha
tafadhali
I Love You
ieit ieit
nakupenda
Excuse Me
map a nga
Samahani
Where They Speak
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Zanzibar island
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Kimrima
Where They Speak
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Dar es Salaam
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Kimgao
Native Name
Ka Ktien
Kiswahili
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili
French Name
khasi
swahili
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Swahili
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[swaˈhili]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Swahili people or Waswahili
Origin
1200 AD
6th century
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
Swahili
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Swahili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
No data available
sw
Glottocode
khas1269
swah1254
Linguasphere
No data available
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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-
Language Morphological Typology
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All Khasi and Swahili 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 Swahili dialects. Various dialects of Khasi and Swahili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Khasi are spoken in different Khasi Speaking Countries whereas Swahili Dialects are spoken in different Swahili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Khasi vs Swahili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Khasi dialects include: Bhoi, Nonglung. Swahili dialects include: Kiunguja , Kimrima. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Khasi and Swahili Speaking population
Khasi and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Khasi vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Khasi and Swahili Language Codes
Khasi and Swahili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Khasi and Swahili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.