Editing Khasi language (section)

{{short description|Austroasiatic language of Meghalaya state, India}}
{{Distinguish|text = the Indo-Aryan [[Khāṣi language]] of Jammu and Kashmir or [[Khas language]] of Nepal}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox language
| name             = Khasi
| nativename       = ''{{lang|kha|Ka Ktien Khasi}}'', ক ক্ত্যেন খসি
| pronunciation    = {{IPA|lang=kha|/ka kt̪eːn kʰasi/}}
| states           = India
| region           = [[Meghalaya]]
| ethnicity        = [[Khasi people|Khasi]]
| speakers         = 1 million
| date             = 2011 census
| ref              = e25
| map              = Khasic Map.png
| familycolor      = Austroasiatic
| fam2             = [[Khasi–Palaungic languages|Khasi-Palaungic]]
| fam3             = [[Khasic languages|Khasic]]
| script           = [[Latin script|Latin]] (Khasi alphabet) <br />[[Bengali-Assamese script|Bengali-Assamese]]
| nation           = <!--Khasi is not an official lang of Meghalaya, only associate official of some districts within Meghalaya-->
| iso2             = kha
| iso3             = kha
| glotto           = khas1269
| glottorefname    = Khasi
| mapcaption       = Map of the Khasic Languages
}}
'''Khasi''' ({{lang|kha|Ka Ktien Khasi}}) is an [[Austroasiatic languages|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 languages|Khasic group]] of the [[Shillong Plateau]]; these include [[Pnar language|Pnar]], [[Lyngngam language|Lyngngam]] and [[War language|War]].

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.<ref name="Script">{{cite web |url=https://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=language_detail&key=kha |title=ScriptSource – Khasi |website=scriptsource.org |access-date=28 February 2022 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029053444/https://scriptsource.org/cms/scripts/page.php?item_id=language_detail&key=kha |url-status=live}}</ref>

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