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 (5)

Label Occurrences
Khasi 44
Khasi language canonical 30
Standard Khasi 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

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

Pnar ⓘ
Standard Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language

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 Eastern Meghalaya ⓘ
Khasi Hills ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
regulator Khasi Authors’ Society ⓘ
relatedTo Khmer language ⓘ
linked to: Khmer

Mon language ⓘ
Pnar language ⓘ
War language ⓘ
scriptDirection left-to-right ⓘ
spokenBy over one million speakers (approximate) ⓘ
spokenIn Assam ⓘ
Bangladesh ⓘ
India ⓘ
Meghalaya ⓘ
subfamily Khasic ⓘ
usedFor education in Meghalaya ⓘ
literature ⓘ
media in Meghalaya ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (79)

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

Mon-Khmer → hasLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
Austroasiatic → hasLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Austroasiatic → hasLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
Austroasiatic → hasLanguage → Khasian languages of Meghalaya ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Austroasiatic → majorLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Shillong → hasOfficialLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Uttara → hasOfficialLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Rangat Tehsil → hasOfficialLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Mawsynram → languageSpoken → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Khasi people → language → Khasi language ⓘ
Cherrapunji → languageSpoken → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Jaintia Hills → hasRegionalLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Jowai → majorLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Seven Sister States → hasOfficialLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Mawlynnong → primaryLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Khasi language → hasDialects → Standard Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Khasian → hasMember → Khasi language ⓘ
Proto-Austroasiatic → ancestorOf → Khasi language ⓘ
Khasic languages → hasMemberLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
Khasic languages → hasMajorLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
Shillong Municipal Board → operatesInLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
East Khasi Hills district → language → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Umroi → hasLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Elephant Falls → languageOfLocalArea → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Mawmluh Cave → languageOfToponym → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Mawmluh Cave → languageOfToponym → Khasi ⓘ
subject linked to: Mawmluh Cave, Meghalaya, India
linked to: Khasi language
Dorbar → languageOfTerm → Khasi language ⓘ
Dorbar Shnong → languageOfProceedings → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council → languageUsed → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Syiem → languageContext → Khasi language ⓘ
Lyngdoh → languageContext → Khasi language ⓘ
Rangbah Shnong → languageOfTerm → Khasi language ⓘ
Nongkrem Dance Festival → language → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Ri Bhoi district → hasLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Meghalayan culture → hasLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
Tiwa language → neighboringLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
Tiwa language → hasContactLanguage → Khasi language ⓘ
West Khasi Hills district → majorLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Sohra → primaryLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
South West Khasi Hills district → majorLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Jowai Municipal Board → hasOfficialLanguage → Khasi (regional use, where applicable) ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
East Jaintia Hills district → languageSpoken → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Pnar → hasNeighboringLanguages → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Pnar → hasContactLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Khliehriat → hasOfficialLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Khliehriat → hasLocalLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Meghalaya Forest Department → usesLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
Meghalaya Secretariat, Shillong → languageUsed → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language
West Jaintia Hills district → regionalLanguage → Khasi ⓘ
linked to: Khasi language