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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   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2   
1
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
Not Available   

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   
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Mappila   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
India   
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Pandy Malayalam   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
France, kerala   
Not Available   

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 %   
27
Not Available   

Native Speakers
38.00 million   
26
0.84 million   
99+

Native Name
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Malayali   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
9th Century   
Not Available   

Language Family
Dravidian Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early form   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Malayalam   
Khasi   

Language Position
29   
24
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

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
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
mala1464   
khas1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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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 Not Available. 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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