Oromo and Khasi
Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Meghalaya
National Language
Ethiopia
Bangladesh, India
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
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Speaking Continents
Africa
Asia
Minority Language
Somalia
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Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- 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
Somali Language
Garo and Jaintia Languages
Alphabets in
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Khasi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Latin
Thank You
Galatoomi
Khublei
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Kumno phi long?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
thia sukh
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
babha janmiet
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
babha noph-phai-sngi
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
khublei
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
ieit ieit
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
map a nga
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
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Dialect 3
Wata
Cherrapunji
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
Ka Ktien
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Khasi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[ˈkʰɑsi]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Khasi people
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Austroasiatic Family
Early Forms
No early forms
No Early Forms
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Khasi
Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Khasi Sign Language
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
No data available
Glottocode
nucl1736
khas1269
Linguasphere
No data available
No data available
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
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Language Morphological Typology
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All Oromo 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 Oromo and Khasi dialects. Various dialects of Oromo and Khasi language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Oromo are spoken in different Oromo Speaking Countries whereas Khasi Dialects are spoken in different Khasi speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Oromo vs Khasi Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Oromo dialects include: Borana, Orma. Khasi dialects include: Bhoi , Nonglung. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Oromo and Khasi Speaking population
Oromo and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Oromo and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Oromo and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Oromo language is 0.36 % 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 Oromo and Khasi on Oromo vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Oromo and Khasi Language Codes
Oromo and Khasi language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Oromo and Khasi Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.