Description
Khasi Language Bible O.V. Reference in Latin Script
Ka Baibl Ka Testament Barim Bad Ka Testament Bathymmai
A Major Language of India
OVER 1 MILLION NATIVE SPEAKERS!
Black Vinyl Bound
Red Edges
Maps
ISBN 8122102190
Printed in India
Publisher: The Bible Society of India
- ISBN-10: 8122102190
- ISBN-13: 978-8122102192
- Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.5 x 1.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
Khasi is an 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 Cambodian,and Mon languages of Southeast Asia, and the Munda branch of that family, which is spoken in east–central India.
Although most of the 1.6 million Khasi speakers are found in Meghalaya, the language is also spoken by a number of people in the hill districts of Assam bordering with Meghalaya and by a sizeable population of people living in Bangladesh, close to the Indian border. Khasi has been an associate official language of some districts within Meghalaya since 2005, and as of May 2012, was no longer considered endangered by UNESCO. There are demands to include this language to the Eighth schedule to the constitution of India.
Khasi is rich in folklore and folktale, and behind most of the names of hills, mountains, rivers, waterfalls, birds, flowers, and animals there is a story.
| Khasi | |
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| Ka Ktien Khasi কা কতিয়েন খাশি |
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Khasi written in the Bengali script
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| Pronunciation | /ka kt̪eːn kʰasi/ |
| Native to | India, Bangladesh |
| Region | Meghalaya, Assam |
| Ethnicity | Khasi people |
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Native speakers
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1,128,575 (2001)[1] |
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Austroasiatic
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| Dialects |
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| Latin (Khasi Alphabet) Bengali script[2] |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-2 | kha |
| ISO 639-3 | kha |
| Glottolog | khas1269 |
SAMPLE TEXT FROM GENESIS:
KA KITAB BANYNGKONG KA JONG U MOSES
lA KABA LA KHOT
JENESIS
Ka jingpynlong ia ka pyrthei bad ia u briew
IHa kaba mynnyngkong U Blei u la
thaw ia ka bneng bad ia ka khyndew.
^Bad ka pyrthei ka la long bakhlem dur
bad kaba suda, bad ka jingdum ka la
long halor ka khmat ka jingjylliew, bad
U Mynsiem U Blei u da khih halor ki urn.
3 Bad U Blei u la ong, To long ka
jingshai, bad ka jingshai ka la long.
"^Bad U Blei u la iohi ia kata ka jingshai,
ba ka la long kaba bha; bad U Blei u la
pyniakhlad ia kata ka jingshai na kata
ka jingdum. ^Te U Blei u la khot Ka
Sngi ia kata ka jingshai, bad ia kata ka
jingdum u la khot Ka Miet. Bad kaba
lajan miet ka la long bad ka step ruh ka
la long, kawei ka sngi.
6 Te U Blei u la ong. To long ka suiii
bneng hapdeng kita ki um, bad to ai ba
kan pynkhlad ia ki um na ki um. ^Bad U
Blei u la pynlong ia ka suiii bneng, bad u
la pynkhlad ia kita ki um kiba hapoh
kata ka suin bneng na kita ki um kiba
halor kata ka suiii bneng; te ka long
kumta keiii. ^Bad ia kata ka suiii bneng,
U Blei u la khot Ka Bneng. Bad kaba
lajan miet ka la long, bad ka step ka la
long, ka sngi kaba ar.
9 U Blei u la ong ruh, To long ba
kin ialang sha kawei ka jaka kita ki um
kiba hapoh ka bneng, bad to ai kan
paw ka ryngkew: te ka la long kumta
keifi. ^•^Te ia kata ka ryngkew, U Blei
u la khot Ka Khyndew, bad ia kata ka
jingialang ki um u la khot Ki Duriaw;
bad U Blei u la iohi ba ka la long kaba
bha. ''U Blei u la ong ruh, To long ba
ka khyndew kan pynmih speh, ba ki
jhur kin pynsei symbai, bad ba ki dieng-
sch kin seisoh ha la ka jaid ka jaid,
1 : 1 lo. 1 : 1 . 1:32 Kor. 4:6. 1 : 6-« 2 Pet. 3
