Khasian

E220627

language branch subgroup of languages

Khasian is a branch of the Austroasiatic language family comprising several related languages spoken primarily in the northeastern region of India, especially in Meghalaya.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Khasian canonical	1
Khasic	1

Statements (43)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	language branch ⓘ subgroup of languages ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup	Khasi people ⓘ Pnar people ⓘ Wa people ⓘ surface form: War people
classificationStatus	well-established subgroup within Austroasiatic ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Meghalaya ⓘ surface form: Meghalaya, India border areas of Bangladesh ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Khasi-Palaungic languages ⓘ surface form: Khasi-Khasian Khasian ⓘ surface form: Khasic
hasMember	Bhoi language ⓘ Khasi language ⓘ Lyngngam language ⓘ Maharam language ⓘ Maram language ⓘ Pnar language ⓘ War language ⓘ
hasSubgroup	Khasi-Pnar-War subgroup ⓘ Lyngngam people ⓘ surface form: Lyngngam subgroup
hasWritingSystem	Latin script (for many Khasian languages) ⓘ
historicalContactWith	Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ Tibeto-Burman languages ⓘ
ISOClassificationNote	member languages such as Khasi have individual ISO 639-3 codes, not Khasian as a whole ⓘ
languageFamily	Austroasiatic ⓘ
languageStatus	many member languages are considered vulnerable or minority languages ⓘ
linguisticFeature	contrastive tone in some varieties ⓘ monosyllabic tendencies in some languages ⓘ rich system of prefixes and infixes in some languages ⓘ
partOf	Austroasiatic ⓘ surface form: Austroasiatic language family
primaryRegion	Khasi Hills ⓘ Northeast India ⓘ surface form: Northeastern India
regionWithin	Indo-Burmese linguistic area ⓘ
relatedTo	Monic branch of Austroasiatic ⓘ Munda branch of Austroasiatic ⓘ
researchField	Austroasiatic linguistics ⓘ
spokenIn	Assam ⓘ People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh India ⓘ Meghalaya ⓘ
subclassOf	Austroasiatic ⓘ surface form: Austroasiatic languages
typologicalFeature	predominantly SVO word order in many member languages ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication among Khasi peoples ⓘ oral literature and folklore ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Austroasiatic → hasSubfamily → Khasian ⓘ

Khasian → hasAlternativeName → Khasian ⓘ

this entity surface form: Khasic