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Khasi and Yoruba


Yoruba and Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
Benin, Nigeria  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

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

Alphabets in
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Yoruba-Alphabet.jpg#200  

Alphabets
23  
5
29  
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
12  
9

How Many Consonants
14  
4
17  
7

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
30 weeks  
10

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Itsekiri  

Where They Speak
-  
Nigeria  

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

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Ede  

Where They Speak
-  
Benin, Togo  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Ulukwumi  

Where They Speak
-  
Nigeria  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
10,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
20  
18

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.84 million  
99+
30.00 million  
36

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.42 %  
34

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
28.00 million  
29

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
30.00 million  
26

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  

History

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
40  
37
49  
99+

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Yoruba Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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

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Khasi and Yoruba Speaking population

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

Khasi and Yoruba Language Codes

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

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