Khasi language
Khasi (Ka Ktien Khasi) is an Austroasiatic language with just over a million speakers in north-east India, primarily the Khasi people in the state of Meghalaya. It has associate official status in some districts of this state. The closest relatives of Khasi are the other languages in the Khasic group of the Shillong Plateau; these include Pnar, Lyngngam and War.
| Khasi | |
|---|---|
| Ka Ktien Khasi, ক ক্ত্যেন খসি | |
| Pronunciation | /ka kt̪eːn kʰasi/ |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Meghalaya |
| Ethnicity | Khasi |
Native speakers | 1 million (2011 census) |
Austroasiatic
| |
| Latin (Khasi alphabet) Bengali-Assamese | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | kha |
| ISO 639-3 | kha |
| Glottolog | khas1269 |
Khasi-speaking areas | |
Khasi is written using the Latin script. In the first half of the 19th century, attempts to write Khasi in Bengali-Assamese script met with little success.
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