Countries
Meghalaya
Benin, Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Nigeria
Second Language
-
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa
Minority Language
-
Africa, Brazil, Togo, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Yoruba Academy
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.
- One of the largest African ethnic groups is Yoruba in south of Sahara Desert.
- In Yoruba language, same combination of vowels and consonants have different meanings depending on the pitch of the vowels, so it is tonal language.
Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Owo and Itsekiri languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2329
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
612
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1417
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
63
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Kumno
Ẹ n lẹ
Thank You
Khublei
e dupe
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
Bawo ni o se wa
Good Night
thia sukh
Kasun layọ o
Good Evening
babha janmiet
ka a ale
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
e kaasan
Good Morning
khublei
e kaaro
Please
Sngewbha
Jowo
Sorry
Map
binu
Bye
khublei
bye
I Love You
ieit ieit
mo nifẹ rẹ
Excuse Me
map a nga
mo tọrọ gafara
Dialect 1
Bhoi
Itsekiri
Where They Speak
-
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Ede
Where They Speak
-
Benin, Togo
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Ulukwumi
Where They Speak
-
Nigeria
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.0010,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
520
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.84 million30.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %0.42 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.84 million28.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million30.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Ka Ktien
Yorùbá
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Yariba, Yooba
French Name
khasi
yoruba
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Yoruba-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[jòɾùbá]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Yoruba people
Origin
1200 AD
4 BC
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
Western Sudanic
Branch
-
Kwa
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early Forms
No early forms
Standard Forms
Khasi
Yorùbá
Language Position
4049
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Yoruba Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
yo
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kha
yor
ISO 639 2/B
kha
yor
ISO 639 3
kha
yor
ISO 639 6
kha
yor
Glottocode
khas1269
yoru1245
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Analytic, Isolating