Countries
Meghalaya
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe
National Language
Bangladesh, India
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America
Second Language
-
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore
Speaking Continents
Asia
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Minority Language
-
South Africa
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.
- Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
- English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and German Languages
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Bengali, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Khublei
Thank you
How Are You?
Kumno phi long?
How are you?
Good Night
thia sukh
Good Night
Good Evening
babha janmiet
Good Evening
Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Afternoon
Good Morning
khublei
Good Morning
I Love You
ieit ieit
I love you
Excuse Me
map a nga
Excuse Me
Dialect 1
Bhoi
American English
Where They Speak
-
United States of America
Dialect 2
Nonglung
Hiberno-English
Where They Speak
-
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
Dialect 3
Cherrapunji
Welsh English
Where They Speak
-
United Kingdom
Native Name
Ka Ktien
English
Alternative Names
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
English
French Name
khasi
anglais
German Name
Khasi-Sprache
Englisch
Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/
Ethnicity
Khasi people
English people
Origin
1200 AD
5th Century AD
Language Family
Austroasiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
No Early Forms
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English
Standard Forms
Khasi
Standard English
Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language
Signed English
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data available
en
Glottocode
khas1269
stan1293
Linguasphere
No data available
52-ABA
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
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Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic
Khasi and English Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Khasi and English greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khasi and English language. Khasi word for "Hello" is Kumno or English word for "Thank You" is Thank you. Find more of such common Khasi Greetings and English Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Khasi vs English Difficulty
The Khasi vs English difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khasi Alphabets and English Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Khasi and English are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khasi and English, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khasi is 44 weeks while to learn English time required is 6 weeks.