Khasi
Austroasiatic language of Meghalaya state, India
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Summary
Khasi is a natural language[1]. Khasi draws 1,178 Wikipedia views per month (natural language category, ranking #160 of 734).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Bangladesh[3], India[4]
- Instance of: modern language[5]
- Subclass of: Khasic[6], Austroasiatic[7]
- Writing system: Latin script[8]
- Commons category: Khasi language[9]
- Wikimedia language code: kha[10]
- Topic's main category: Category:Khasi language[11]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 865,000[12], 843,000[13]
- Different from: Khasi people[14], Khāṣi language[15]
- UNESCO language status: 2 vulnerable[16]
- Indigenous to: Sylhet Division[17], Assam[18], Meghalaya[19], Manipur[20], Tripura[21], West Bengal[22]
- Name: ꠈꠣꠡꠤꠀ ꠝꠣꠔ[23]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/KHA[24]
- Ethnologue language status: 2 Provincial[25]
- Has grammatical gender: feminine[26], masculine[27], diminutive[28]
Why It Matters
Khasi has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[29] Khasi is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]
Khasi has been cited as an influence by Sylheti[31], a natural language[32], in Bangladesh[33].
FAQs
Who did Khasi influence?
Khasi has been cited as an influence by Sylheti[31].