Khasic languages

Khasic
Geographic
distribution:
Meghalaya and Bangladesh
Linguistic classification:

Austroasiatic

  • Khasi–Palaungic
    • Khasic
Glottolog: khas1268[1]

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  Khasic

The Khasic or Khasian languages are a family of Austroasiatic languages spoken in the northeastern Indian state Meghalaya and neighbouring areas of Bangladesh. They consist of:

Paul Sidwell (2011) suggests that Khasian is closely related to Palaungic, forming a Khasi–Palaungic branch.

References

  1. Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Khasian". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

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