MultiTree:

A Digital Library of Language Relationships

search | about | help

Khasi > LINGUIST List Language Search

Name: Khasi

Type: Language

Alternate Names: Kahasi; Khasiyas; Khuchia; Kassi; Khasa; Khashi; Kyi; Cossyah; Khassee; Khasie; Khasia; Standard Khasi

Spoken in: India, Bangladesh

Number of speakers: 865,000 in India (1997) (Ethnologue)

Number of speakers: 912000 (UNESCO)

Number of speakers: 865000 (World Oral Literature Project)

Code: kha

Code Standard: ISO 639-3

Documentation: SIL

Families: Austro-Asiatic

Parent Subgroup: Khasian; Khasi; Nord (khas)

Child Dialects: Cherrapunji; Sohra; Standard Khasi; Central Khasi (kha-che) War; Southern Khasi (kha-war) Bhoi-Khasi; Bhoi Khasi (kha-bho) Khasi (kha-kha) Khynrium (kha-khy)

Endangerment Status

UNESCO Status: Vulnerable

Ethnologue Status: Not listed

Sutherland's Red List: Not listed

Map of Khasi

Click for more information on Khasi from LL-MAP

All trees including Khasi

Find More Information on Khasi

Search all of LINGUIST's Resources
Ethnologue Description
Listing of Documents in Odin Database
The World Atlas of Language Structures Online
Google Search

Submit Comment

Click here to submit a comment.