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Khasi vs Ilocano


Ilocano vs Khasi


Countries

Countries
Meghalaya  
Philippines  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
Bangladesh, India  
Philippines  

Second Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
-  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
-  
Commission on the Filipino Language  

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.
  
  • Ilocano was originally written with Baybayin syllabary, then gradually it was replaced by Latin alphabet.
  • Northwest Luzon is the original Ilocano homeland.
  

Similar To
Garo and Jaintia Languages  
Tagalog, Indonesian and Malaysian Languages  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Ilocano-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
23  
5
32  
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
6  
3

How Many Consonants
14  
4
20  
10

Scripts
Bengali, Latin  
Ilokano Braille, Latin  

Writing Direction
-  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6  
5
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Kumno  
Kablaaw  

Thank You
Khublei  
Agyamanak  

How Are You?
Kumno phi long?  
Kumusta?  

Good Night
thia sukh  
Naimbag a rabii  

Good Evening
babha janmiet  
Naimbag a sardam  

Good Afternoon
babha noph-phai-sngi  
Naimbag a malem  

Good Morning
khublei  
Naimbag a bigat  

Please
Sngewbha  
mangngegda  

Sorry
Map  
Agpakawanak  

Bye
khublei  
Pakada  

I Love You
ieit ieit  
Ayayatenka  

Excuse Me
map a nga  
Maawan-dayawen  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Bhoi  
Balangao  

Where They Speak
-  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
21,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Nonglung  
Bontoc  

Where They Speak
-  
Philippines  

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00  
99+
41,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Cherrapunji  
Not present  

Where They Speak
-  
Not present  

How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00  
99+
8,000,000.00  
31

Total No. Of Dialects
5  
5
2  
2

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
0.84 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.01 %  
99+
0.14 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.84 million  
99+
9.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.50 million  
99+
11.00 million  
39

Native Name
Ka Ktien  
ilokano  

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

French Name
khasi  
ilocano  

German Name
Khasi-Sprache  
Ilokano-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[ˈkʰɑsi]  
[iːloˈkɑno]  

Ethnicity
Khasi people  
Ilocano people  

History

Origin
1200 AD  
18th Century  

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family  
Austronesian Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No Early Forms  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Khasi  
Modern Ilocano  

Language Position
40  
37
94  
99+

Signed Forms
Khasi Sign Language  
Ilocano Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kha  
ilo  

ISO 639 2/B
kha  
ilo  

ISO 639 3
kha  
ilo  

ISO 639 6
kha  
ilo  

Glottocode
khas1269  
ilok1237  

Linguasphere
No data available  
31-CBA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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Khasi and Ilocano Language History

Comparison of Khasi vs Ilocano language history gives us differences between origin of Khasi and Ilocano language. History of Khasi language states that this language originated in 1200 AD whereas history of Ilocano language states that this language originated in 18th Century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Khasi and Ilocano Language History.

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Khasi and Ilocano 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 Ilocano greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khasi and Ilocano language. Khasi word for "Hello" is Kumno or Ilocano word for "Thank You" is Agyamanak. Find more of such common Khasi Greetings and Ilocano Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khasi vs Ilocano Difficulty

The Khasi vs Ilocano difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khasi Alphabets and Ilocano 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 Ilocano are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khasi and Ilocano, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khasi is 44 weeks while to learn Ilocano time required is 44 weeks.

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