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Malayalam and Khasi


Khasi and Malayalam


Countries

Countries
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
3  
12
1  
14

National Language
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands  
-  

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
  • Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
  • 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
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53  
32
23  
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15  
12
6  
3

How Many Consonants
41  
30
14  
4

Scripts
Brahmic family and derivatives  
Bengali, Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
ഹലോ (halēā)  
Kumno  

Thank You
നന്ദി (nandi)  
Khublei  

How Are You?
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
രാവിലെ (rāvile)  
khublei  

Please
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)  
Map  

Bye
വിട (viṭa)  
khublei  

I Love You
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Judeo-Malayalam  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Israel, kerala  
-  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
19
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Mappila  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
India  
-  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
17
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
France, kerala  
-  

How Many People Speak
38,000,000.00  
16
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
3  
3
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
38.00 million  
33
0.84 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.57 %  
29
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
38.00 million  
26
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
38.00 million  
23
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
malayalam  
khasi  

German Name
Malayalam  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[mɐləjaːɭɐm]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Malayali  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
9th Century  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Dravidian Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Malayalam  
Khasi  

Language Position
29  
27
40  
37

Signed Forms
Signed Malayalam  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ml  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mal  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
mal  
kha  

ISO 639 3
mal  
kha  

ISO 639 6
mal  
kha  

Glottocode
mala1464  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
-  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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

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Malayalam and Khasi Speaking population

Malayalam and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Malayalam and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Malayalam and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Malayalam language is 0.57 % 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 Malayalam and Khasi on Malayalam vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Malayalam and Khasi Language Codes

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

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