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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  
-  

Speaking Continents
Asia  
Asia  

Minority Language
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America  
-  

Regulated By
-  
-  

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  
Garo and Jaintia Languages  

Derived From
Sanskrit Language  
-  

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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4  
3
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
6 weeks  
3
44 weeks  
17

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  
-  

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

Dialect 2
Saraiki  
Nonglung  

Where They Speak
Afganistan, India, Pakistan  
-  

How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00  
26
1,200,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Doabi  
Cherrapunji  

Where They Speak
Pakistan, Punjab, India  
-  

How Many People Speak
130,000,000.00  
3
1,500,000.00  
99+

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 %  
12
0.01 %  
99+

Native Speakers
100.00 million  
11
0.84 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
54.30 million  
17
1.50 million  
99+

Native Name
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی  
Ka Ktien  

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  
[ˈkʰɑsi]  

Ethnicity
Punjabis  
Khasi people  

History

Origin
1000 AD  
1200 AD  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Austroasiatic Family  

Subgroup
Indo-Iranian  
-  

Branch
Indic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi  
No Early Forms  

Standard Forms
Modern Punjabi  
Khasi  

Language Position
23  
21
40  
37

Signed Forms
Indian Signing System (ISS)  
Khasi Sign Language  

Scope
-  
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
panj  
kha  

Glottocode
panj1256  
khas1269  

Linguasphere
No data available  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
-  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional  
-  

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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 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 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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