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 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 (24)

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