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Punjabi and Khasi


Khasi and Punjabi


Countries

Countries
India, Pakistan   
Meghalaya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
India, Pakistan   
Bangladesh, India   

Second Language
Pakistan   
Not Available   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America   
Not Available   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
  • Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
  • 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
Hindi Language   
Not Available   

Derived From
Sanskrit Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
53   
32
23   
5

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9   
6
6   
3

How Many Consonants
41   
30
14   
4

Scripts
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi   
Bengali, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
Not Available   

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks   
3
Not Available   

Greetings

Hello
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)   
Kumno   

Thank You
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)   
Khublei   

How Are You?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)   
Kumno phi long?   

Good Night
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)   
thia sukh   

Good Evening
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   
babha janmiet   

Good Afternoon
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)   
babha noph-phai-sngi   

Good Morning
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)   
khublei   

Please
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)   
Sngewbha   

Sorry
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)   
Map   

Bye
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)   
khublei   

I Love You
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)   
ieit ieit   

Excuse Me
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)   
map a nga   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Pothohari   
Bhoi   

Where They Speak
Pakistan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00   
22
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Saraiki   
Nonglung   

Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan   
Not Available   

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00   
5
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Doabi   
Cherrapunji   

Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India   
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
30   
24
5   
5

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
154.30 million   
12
0.84 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.44 %   
11
Not Available   

Native Speakers
100.00 million   
11
0.84 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
54.30 million   
12
Not Available   

Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi   
Kahasi, Kassi, Khasa, Khashi, Khasiyas, Khuchia   

French Name
pendjabi   
khasi   

German Name
Pandschabi-Sprache   
Khasi-Sprache   

Pronunciation
Not Availble   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Punjabis   
Khasi people   

History

Origin
1000 AD   
Not Available   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Austroasiatic Family   

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian   
Not Available   

Branch
Indic   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi   
No Early Forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi   
Khasi   

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)   
Not Available   

Scope
Not Available   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
pa   
No data available   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
pan   
kha   

ISO 639 2/B
pan   
kha   

ISO 639 3
pan   
kha   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
panj1256   
khas1269   

Linguasphere
No data available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Not Available   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional   
Not Available   

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

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Punjabi and Khasi Speaking population

Punjabi and Khasi speaking population is one of the factors based on which Punjabi and Khasi languages can be compared. The total count of Punjabi and Khasi Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Punjabi language is 1.44 % 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 Punjabi and Khasi on Punjabi vs Khasi where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Punjabi and Khasi Language Codes

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

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