Khasi language

E216900
Austroasiatic language language

Khasi language is an Austroasiatic language spoken primarily in the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya by the Khasi people.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Khasi 15
Khasi language canonical 7
Khasian languages of Meghalaya 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic language ⓘ
language ⓘ
ancestor Khasic languages ⓘ
surface form: Proto-Khasic
basicWordOrder SVO ⓘ
countryOfOrigin India ⓘ
earlierScriptsUsed Bengali script ⓘ
surface form: Bengali-Assamese script
ethnicGroup Khasi people ⓘ
family Austroasiatic ⓘ
glottocode khas1257 ⓘ
hasDialects Lyngngam people ⓘ
surface form: Lyngngam

Pnar ⓘ
Khasi language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Standard Khasi

War Khasi ⓘ
hasGrammaticalGender true ⓘ
hasLiteraryTradition true ⓘ
hasNounClassSystem true ⓘ
introducedLatinScriptBy Welsh Christian missionaries ⓘ
ISO639-1 none ⓘ
ISO639-2 kha ⓘ
ISO639-3 kha ⓘ
languageBranch Khasian ⓘ
languageOf Khasi literature ⓘ
morphologicalType analytic ⓘ
officialStatus associate official language of Meghalaya ⓘ
phonologicalFeature contrastive aspiration in stops ⓘ
tone-like pitch distinctions in some dialects ⓘ
primaryCountry India ⓘ
primaryEthnologueEntry kha ⓘ
primaryState Meghalaya ⓘ
region Garo-Khasi-Jaintia Hills ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Meghalaya

Khasi Hills ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
regulator Khasi Authors’ Society ⓘ
relatedTo Khmer ⓘ
surface form: Khmer language

Mon language ⓘ
Pnar language ⓘ
War language ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
spokenBy over one million speakers (approximate) ⓘ
spokenIn Assam ⓘ
People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ
surface form: Bangladesh

India ⓘ
Meghalaya ⓘ
subfamily Khasic ⓘ
usedFor education in Meghalaya ⓘ
literature ⓘ
media in Meghalaya ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mon-Khmer → hasLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
Austroasiatic → hasLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi
Austroasiatic → hasLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
Austroasiatic → hasLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasian languages of Meghalaya
Austroasiatic → majorLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi
Shillong → hasOfficialLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi
Uttara → hasOfficialLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi
Rangat Tehsil → hasOfficialLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi
Mawsynram → languageSpoken → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi
Khasi people → language → Khasi language ⓘ
Cherrapunji → languageSpoken → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi
Jaintia Hills → hasRegionalLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi
Jowai → majorLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi
Seven Sister States → hasOfficialLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi
Mawlynnong → primaryLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi
Khasi language → hasDialects → Khasi language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Standard Khasi
Khasian → hasMember → Khasi language ⓘ
Proto-Austroasiatic → ancestorOf → Khasi language ⓘ
Khasic languages → hasMemberLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
Khasic languages → hasMajorLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
Shillong Municipal Board → operatesInLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi
East Khasi Hills district → language → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi
Umroi → hasLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi
Elephant Falls → languageOfLocalArea → Khasi language ⓘ
this entity surface form: Khasi