ISO 639-3 · khakha
Austroasiatic family
Khasi
Khasi is a language of the Khasi–Khmuic branch (Austroasiatic), spoken in Bangladesh and India. Wikidata counts about 843,000 speakers (2001). Wikidata describes it as “Austroasiatic language of Meghalaya state, India”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
kha- Glottocode
khas1269- Family
- Austroasiatic
- EGIDS
- 2 Provincial
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 48 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
2countries
1scripts
3levels in the tree
2EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Khasi |
|---|---|
| Also called | Khasi language, kha, Khāsi, Khasi tongue, Khasi dialect |
| All speakers | 843,000 (2001) |
| Written in | Latin script |
| Grammatical genders | 3 listed in Wikidata |
Vitality
EGIDS 2 Provincial2
Institutional. Used in government, education and media — EGIDS 0 to 4.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austroasiatic to Khasi
The branches above Khasi, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Bangladesh
panPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafebenBanglaIndo-European · 106 m1 · NationalsylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider CommunicationctgChittagonianIndo-European · 13 m3 · Wider CommunicationsatSantaliAustroasiatic · 7.2 m4 · EducationalsckNagpuriIndo-European · 7 m3 · Wider CommunicationoakNoakhaliIndo-European · 7 mkruKurukhDravidian · 2 m5 · DevelopingrhgRohingyaIndo-European · 1.8 m6a · VigorousmniMeiteiSino-Tibetan · 1.5 m2 · Provincial