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Khasi Language



Countries

Countries
Meghalaya

Total No. Of Countries
1 14

National Language
Bangladesh, India

Second Language
-

Speaking Continents
Asia

Minority Language
-

Regulated By
-

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.

Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages

Derived From
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in
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Alphabets
23 5

Phonology

How Many Vowels
6 3

How Many Consonants
14 4

Scripts
Bengali, Latin

Writing Direction
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels
6 5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks 17

Greetings

Hello
Kumno

Thank You
Khublei

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?

Good Night
thia sukh

Good Evening
babha janmiet

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi

Good Morning
khublei

Please
Sngewbha

Sorry
Map

Bye
khublei

I Love You
ieit ieit

Excuse Me
map a nga

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi

Where They Speak
-

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00 57

Dialect 2
Nonglung

Where They Speak
-

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00 62

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji

Where They Speak
-

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00 51

Total No. Of Dialects
5 5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.84 million 87

Speaking Population
0.01 % 62

Native Speakers
0.84 million 82

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million 59

Native Name
Ka Ktien

Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia

French Name
khasi

German Name
Khasi-Sprache

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]

Ethnicity
Khasi people

History

Origin
1200 AD

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family

Subgroup
-

Branch
-

Language Forms

Early Forms
No Early Forms

Standard Forms
Khasi

Language Position
40 37

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language

Scope
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T
kha

ISO 639 2/B
kha

ISO 639 3
kha

ISO 639 6
kha

Glottocode
khas1269

Linguasphere
No data available

Types of Language

Language Type
Living

Language Linguistic Typology
-

Language Morphological Typology
-

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Origin of Khasi language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Khasi language is one of the Easiest Languages to Learn. The origin of Khasi language states that it was put to use in 1200 AD. The history of Khasi language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Khasi Language History. Khasi has no early forms. Khasi is the standard form of Khasi language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Khasi Language.

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Khasi population

Khasi population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Khasi language. Khasi language is spoken by 0.84 million people in the world. Most of the Khasi population lies in the Khasi Speaking Countries. Khasi language is spoken as first language by 0.84 million people and as second language by about 1.50 million people. Get to know Khasi speaking population in detail.

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Khasi writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Khasi writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Khasi language. Some languages share common writing systems. Bengali, Latin script is used by Khasi language. Learn more about . 

Information about Khasi language

Check out all the information about Khasi language here. You may find it interesting to learn Khasi Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Khasi Speaking Countries, Khasi speaking continents and Khasi Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Khasi countries knowing common Khasi Greetings will help you in communicating with Khasi people.

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