Austroasiatic · ISO 639-3 kha
Khasi Language
Khasi is an Austroasiatic language spoken by about 1.1 million people in 1 country. It is written in the Latin script.
Where Khasi is spoken
- Official language
- Regional official
- Spoken by 10%+
- 1–10%
- Smaller communities
Countries that speak Khasi
Language family
- Austroasiatic
- Khasi-Palaung
- Khasian
- Khasi-Pnar-Lyngngam
- Khasi-Pnar
- Khasi
Writing system
Latin script
About the Khasi language
Khasi is spoken by about 1.1 million people, which makes it the 450th most spoken language in the world — just behind Hadothi (1.1 million) and ahead of Romagnol (1.1 million). It belongs to the Austroasiatic language family and, more precisely, to the Khasi-Pnar group within the Khasian branch.
Where is Khasi spoken?
Khasi is used in 1 country. The largest communities live in India (1.1 million).
Khasi is not a national official language anywhere. It also has regional official status in India.
Writing system and status
Khasi is written in the Latin script. Glottolog classifies it as threatened, meaning fewer children learn it than in the past.
ISO codes: ISO 639-3 kha.
Frequently asked questions about Khasi
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Data: Languages of the World dataset (MIT) — ISO 639-3, Glottolog (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR, Google LinguaMeta (CC BY 4.0) and Wikidata; country lists: samayo/country-json (MIT). Speaker numbers include first- and second-language speakers where sources report them.