Khasi language

E216900

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

All labels observed (4)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

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

How these facts were elicited

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