Countries
Meghalaya
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
Total No. Of Countries
14
0
46
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National Language
Bangladesh, India
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
-
India
Speaking Continents
Asia
Asia
Minority Language
-
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
Regulated By
-
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Assamese and Oriya
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2351
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
611
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1440
9
60
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Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
62
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kumno
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
Thank You
Khublei
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
Good Night
thia sukh
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
Good Evening
babha janmiet
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
Good Morning
khublei
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
Please
Sngewbha
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
Sorry
Map
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
Bye
khublei
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
I Love You
ieit ieit
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
Excuse Me
map a nga
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
Dialect 1
Bhoi
Chakma
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, Burma, India
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00330,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Nonglung
Hajong
Where They Speak
-
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
1,200,000.0071,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Rarhi
Where They Speak
-
India
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00230,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
525
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
0.84 million215.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.01 %3.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
0.84 million196.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
1.50 million19.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Ka Ktien
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
French Name
khasi
bengali
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Bengali
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
[ˈbeŋɡali]
Ethnicity
Khasi people
Bengalis (Bengali people)
Origin
1200 AD
1000–1200 CE
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
No Early Forms
Abahatta, Old Bengali
Standard Forms
Khasi
Bengali
Language Position
404
1
120
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Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Signed Bengali
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
bn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
kha
ben
ISO 639 2/B
kha
ben
ISO 639 3
kha
ben
ISO 639 6
kha
ben
Glottocode
khas1269
beng1280
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
-
Language Morphological Typology
-
-