Home›East and Southeast Asian Peoples›Primary LanguageBrowse ByPrimary LanguagePrimary language names the main language a social group actually speaks. Wikipedia describes the Khasi as "an Austroasiatic ethnic group" who "are among the few Austroasiatic-speaking peoples in South Asia," a distinct linguistic identity within their wider region. This dimension groups social groups that share the same primary language.FactsPrimary LanguageSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsComparisonEstablished EraWell-attested1949 1Primary DisciplineWell-attestedAnthropology 1Primary LanguageFilter Results11 entriesGroup TypeAllEthnic Group (10)Indigenous Group (1)Subsistence ModeAllAgriculture (9)Craft / Industry (3)Fishing (1)Hunting and Gathering (1)Pastoralism (2)Trade / Commerce (1)Population BandAll1 to 10 Million (3)Over 10 Million (6)Under 1 Million (1)Typical RegionAllCentral Asia (1)Central Java (1)China (5)East Asia (2)East Java (1)Indonesia (1)Japan (1)Maritime Southeast Asia (1)Mongolia (1)Myanmar (1)Russia (1)Southeast Asia (1)Attested From (Year)All301 (1)683 (1)1224 (1)1955 (1)Classification ConfidenceAllEstablished (4)Difficulty for an English SpeakerAllCategory IV (2)ISO 639-3 CodeAllbo (1)cmn (1)hak (1)jav (1)mn (1)msa (1)Number of LanguagesAll1 (1)3 (1)20 (1)44 (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (3)Speaker CountAll1,200,000 (1)3,000,000 (1)5,500,000 (1)8,000,000 (1)44,000,000 (1)68,000,000 (1)90,000,000 (1)941,000,000 (1)StatusAllLiving (7)ToneAllNot Tonal (1)Tonal (3)Word OrderAllSOV (3)SVO (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 11AinuPrimary Language1 entryHakka ChinesePrimary Language1 entryHmong-MienPrimary Language1 entryJavanesePrimary Language1 entryKarenicPrimary Language1 entryMalayPrimary Language1 entryMandarin ChinesePrimary Language2 entriesMongolianPrimary Language1 entryTaiPrimary Language1 entryTibetanPrimary Language1 entryUyghur languagePrimary Language1 entrySources1. Wikipedia: Human Relations Area Filestier 2WikipediaHuman Relations Area Files, lead section, founding sentenceA financially autonomous research agency based at Yale University since 1949, its mission is to promote understanding of cultural diversity and commonality in the past and present.Human Relations Area Files, lead section, anthropologist sentenceDocuments in both eHRAF databases are subject-indexed at the paragraph level by HRAF anthropologists.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.