Khasi-Palaungic languages

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The Khasi-Palaungic languages are a subgroup of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in parts of Northeast India and mainland Southeast Asia, including languages such as Khasi and various Palaungic varieties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Austroasiatic languages subgroup
language subgroup
characterizedBy phonological features linking Khasi and Palaungic
shared lexical innovations within Austroasiatic
fieldOfStudy Austroasiatic comparative linguistics
historical linguistics
geographicDistribution Eastern India and northern Indochina
glottologClassification links Khasian and Palaungic branches
hasPart Khasi language NERFINISHED
Palaungic languages NERFINISHED
hasSubgroup Khasic languages NERFINISHED
Palaungic branch
includesLanguage Blang NERFINISHED
Danau NERFINISHED
Khasi NERFINISHED
Khmuic-related Palaungic varieties
Lamet NERFINISHED
Palaung NERFINISHED
Riang NERFINISHED
Rumai Palaung NERFINISHED
Shwe Palaung NERFINISHED
Wa NERFINISHED
languageFamily Austroasiatic NERFINISHED
partOf Austroasiatic language family NERFINISHED
proposedBy Paul Sidwell NERFINISHED
other Austroasiatic comparativists
region South Asia
Southeast Asia
relatedTo Mon-Khmer languages NERFINISHED
Munda languages NERFINISHED
spokenIn Bangladesh NERFINISHED
China NERFINISHED
India
Laos NERFINISHED
Mainland Southeast Asia NERFINISHED
Myanmar NERFINISHED
Northeast India NERFINISHED
Thailand NERFINISHED
status many member languages are minority languages
subclassOf Austroasiatic languages NERFINISHED
typology mostly analytic
wordOrder SVO or SOV depending on language
writingSystem various scripts depending on individual languages

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Mon Khmer hasSubbranch Khasi-Palaungic languages
Waic branch relatedTo Khasi-Palaungic languages
this entity surface form: Khasi-Palaungic subgroup (in some classifications)
Khasian hasAlternativeName Khasi-Palaungic languages
this entity surface form: Khasi-Khasian