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Marathi and Khasi


Khasi and Marathi


Countries

Countries
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra  
Meghalaya  

Total No. Of Countries
4  
11
1  
14

National Language
India  
Bangladesh, India  

Second Language
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Israel, Mauritius  
-  

Regulated By
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad  
-  

Interesting Facts
  • Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
  • Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
  • 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
Konkani Language  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Marathi-Alphabet.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
हॅलो (Hĕlō)  
Kumno  

Thank You
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)  
Khublei  

How Are You?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)  
Kumno phi long?  

Good Night
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)  
thia sukh  

Good Evening
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)  
babha janmiet  

Good Afternoon
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)  
babha noph-phai-sngi  

Good Morning
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)  
khublei  

Please
कृपया (Kr̥payā)  
Sngewbha  

Sorry
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)  
Map  

Bye
बाय (Bāya)  
khublei  

I Love You
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)  
ieit ieit  

Excuse Me
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)  
map a nga  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Maharashtrian Konkani  
Bhoi  

Where They Speak
Kokan  
-  

How Many People Speak
2,400,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Varhadi  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Vidarbha  
-  

How Many People Speak
7,000,000.00  
99+
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Khandeshi  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Khandesh  
-  

How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00  
99+
1,500,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
42  
29
5  
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
71.00 million  
25
0.84 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.10 %  
19
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
68.00 million  
16
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
मराठी (marāṭhī)  
Ka Ktien  

Alternative Names
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu  
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia  

French Name
marathe  
khasi  

German Name
Marathi  
Khasi-Sprache  

Pronunciation
[məˈɾaʈʰi]  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Marathi people  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
10th century  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Maharashtri Prakrit  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Marathi  
Khasi  

Language Position
17  
15
40  
37

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
mr  
No data available  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
mar  
kha  

ISO 639 2/B
mar  
kha  

ISO 639 3
mar  
kha  

ISO 639 6
mar  
kha  

Glottocode
mara1378  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
omr  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
-  
-  

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

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Marathi and Khasi Speaking population

Marathi and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Marathi and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Marathi and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Marathi language is 1.10 % 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 Marathi and Khasi on Marathi vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Marathi and Khasi Language Codes

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

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