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Konkani and Khasi


Khasi and Konkani


Countries

Countries
India  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
1  
14

National Language
India  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Regulated By
Govenment of Goa  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Fr. Thomas Stevan wrote the first book in Konkani in 1651.
  • Sahitya Academy recognized konkani as a language in year 1976.
  
  • 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
Marathi  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
52  
31
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
16  
13
6  
3

How Many Consonants
36  
26
14  
4

Scripts
Devanagari  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
4 weeks  
2
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Namaskar  
Kumno  

Thank You
Dev Borem Korum  
Khublei  

How Are You?
kaso assa?  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
Rati Boren Zavonn  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
Sanj Borem Zavonn  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
संध्याकाळ शुभेच्छा  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
Dis Borem Zavonn  
khublei  

Please
Chike  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
Maf kor  
Map  

Bye
Adeus  
khublei  

I Love You
hav tujo mog korta.  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
upkar korxi  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Antruz  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Goa  
-  

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Not present  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
2,700,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Not present  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
-  
-  

How Many People Speak
7.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
1  
1
5  
5

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
7.40 million  
99+
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
8.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
Kōṅkaṇī  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Konkan standard, Bankoti, Kunabi, North Konkan, Central Konkan, Concorinum, Cugani, Konkanese  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
konkani  
khasi  

German Name
Konkani  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
kõkɳi  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Konkanis  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
1209 A.D.  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Kokani  
Khasi  

Language Position
23  
21
40  
37

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual, Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
No data available  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
kok  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
kok  
kha  

ISO 639 3
kok  
kha  

ISO 639 6
kok  
kha  

Glottocode
goan1235  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Konkani and Khasi Speaking population

Konkani and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Konkani and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Konkani and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Konkani language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Khasi language is 0.01 %. 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 Konkani and Khasi on Konkani vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Konkani and Khasi Language Codes

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

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