Khasi language
| Khasi | |
|---|---|
| Ka Ktien Khasi, ক ক্ত্যেন খসি | |
| Pronunciation | /ka kt̪eːn kʰasi/ |
| Native to | India |
| Region | Meghalaya |
| Ethnicity | Khasi |
Native speakers | 1 million (2011 census) |
| Latin (Khasi alphabet) Bengali-Assamese | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | India |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | kha |
| ISO 639-3 | kha |
| Glottolog | khas1269 |
 Map of the Khasic Languages | |
 Khasi is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Khasi (Ka Ktien Khasi) is an Austroasiatic language with just over a million speakers in north-east India, primarily the Khasi people in the state of Meghalaya. The closest relatives of Khasi are the other languages in the Khasic group of the Shillong Plateau; these include Pnar, Lyngngam and War.
Khasi is written using the Latin script. In the first half of the 19th century, attempts to write Khasi in Bengali-Assamese script were met with little success.