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Khasi
Khasi

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Countries

Countries

Meghalaya
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Total No. Of Countries

16
0 46
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National Language

Bangladesh, India
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Second Language

-
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry

Speaking Continents

Asia
Asia

Minority Language

-
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles

Regulated By

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Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University

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.
  • Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
  • The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.

Similar To

Garo and Jaintia Languages
Malayalam

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

23247
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

612
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1418
9 60
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Scripts

Bengali, Latin
Tamil

Writing Direction

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Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

63
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Kumno
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)

Thank You

Khublei
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)

How Are You?

Kumno phi long?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)

Good Night

thia sukh
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)

Good Evening

babha janmiet
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)

Good Afternoon

babha noph-phai-sngi
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)

Good Morning

khublei
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)

Please

Sngewbha
தயவு (Tayavu)

Sorry

Map
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)

Bye

khublei
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)

I Love You

ieit ieit
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)

Excuse Me

map a nga
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Bhoi
Kongu

Where They Speak

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Kongu

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0077,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Nonglung
Madurai Tamil

Where They Speak

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Madurai, South Tamil Nadu

How Many People Speak

1,200,000.0077,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Cherrapunji
Tirunelveli Tamil

Where They Speak

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South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli

How Many People Speak

1,500,000.0077,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

510
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

0.84 million78.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.01 %1.06 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

0.84 million70.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

1.50 million8.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

Ka Ktien
தமிழ்

Alternative Names

Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili

French Name

khasi
tamoul

German Name

Khasi-Sprache
Tamil

Pronunciation

[ˈkʰɑsi]
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]

Ethnicity

Khasi people
Tamil people or Tamilans

History

Origin

1200 AD
300 BC

Language Family

Austroasiatic Family
Dravidian Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

No Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil

Standard Forms

Khasi
Modern Tamil

Language Position

4018
1 120
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Signed Forms

Khasi Sign Language
Signed Tamil

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

No data available
ta

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

kha
tam

ISO 639 2/B

kha
tam

ISO 639 3

kha
tam

ISO 639 6

kha
tam

Glottocode

khas1269
tami1289, oldt1248

Linguasphere

No data available
tami1289

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

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Subject-Object-Verb

Language Morphological Typology

-
-

Khasi and Tamil Alphabets

Khasi and Tamil Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Khasi and Tamil. In Khasi Alphabets there are 23 letters while in Tamil Alphabets there are 247 letters. To learn Khasi and Tamil languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Khasi and Tamil languages. The Khasi phonology consist Khasi vowels and Khasi consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Khasi greetings vs Tamil greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Khasi and Tamil are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Khasi and Tamil Speaking population

Khasi and Tamil speaking population is one of the factors based on which Khasi and Tamil languages can be compared. The total count of Khasi and Tamil Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Tamil language is 1.06 %. 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 Tamil on Khasi vs Tamil where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Khasi and Tamil Language Codes

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