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'''Khasi''' ({{lang|kha|Ka Ktien Khasi}}) is an [[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic language]] spoken primarily in [[Meghalaya]] state in [[India]] by the [[Khasi people]]. It is also spoken by a sizeable population in [[Assam]] and [[Bangladesh]]. Khasi is part of the Austroasiatic language family, and is related to [[Khmer language|Khmer]], [[Palaung language|Palaung]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] and [[Mon language|Mon]] languages of Southeast Asia, and the [[Munda languages|Munda]] and [[Nicobarese languages|Nicobarese]] branches of that family, which are spoken in east–central India and in the [[Nicobar Islands]], respectively. | '''Khasi''' ({{lang|kha|Ka Ktien Khasi}}) is an [[Austroasiatic languages|Austroasiatic language]] spoken primarily in [[Meghalaya]] state in [[India]] by the [[Khasi people]]. It is also spoken by a sizeable population in [[Assam]] and [[Bangladesh]]. Khasi is part of the Austroasiatic language family, and is related to [[Khmer language|Khmer]], [[Palaung language|Palaung]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]] and [[Mon language|Mon]] languages of Southeast Asia, and the [[Munda languages|Munda]] and [[Nicobarese languages|Nicobarese]] branches of that family, which are spoken in east–central India and in the [[Nicobar Islands]], respectively. | ||