Home›Social Groups›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.Primary LanguageComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Primary LanguageFilter Results85 entriesGroup TypeAllCaste (2)Diaspora Community (5)Ethnic Group (64)Ethnoreligious Community (10)Indigenous Group (23)Nation (11)Religious Community (5)Tribe / Clan (1)Subsistence ModeAllAgriculture (45)Agro-Pastoralism (2)Craft / Industry (13)Fishing (11)Foraging (1)Hunting and Gathering (6)Pastoralism (24)Stipend / Tribute (1)Trade / Commerce (18)Population BandAll1 to 10 Million (27)Over 10 Million (31)Under 1 Million (29)Typical RegionAllAfghanistan (2)Albania (2)Algeria (1)Alsace (3)Argentina (3)Armenia (1)Australia (2)Bangladesh (2)Belize (1)Benin (1)Bolivia (2)Botswana (1)Brazil (1)Bulgaria (2)Burkina Faso (1)Canada (4)Central Asia (1)Central Java (1)Chile (2)China (5)Denmark (1)East Asia (2)East Java (1)Egypt (3)Ethiopia (2)Fiji (1)France (3)Gambia (1)Germany (2)Ghana (1)Great Lakes region (1)Greece (2)Guatemala (1)India (5)Indonesia (1)Iran (2)Iraq (2)Israel (1)Japan (2)Kenya (3)Kurdistan (1)Kuwait (1)Lebanon (1)Lesotho (1)Libya (1)Mali (1)Maritime Southeast Asia (1)Mauritania (1)Mesoamerica (1)Mesopotamia (2)Mexico (5)Mongolia (1)Myanmar (1)Namibia (1)Netherlands (1)New Zealand (1)Niger (1)Nigeria (3)North Africa (2)North Macedonia (2)Pakistan (3)Paraguay (1)Peru (2)Polynesia (1)Portugal (1)Russia (6)Senegal (1)Serbia (2)Somalia (1)South Africa (2)South Sudan (2)Southeast Asia (1)Southern Africa (3)Spain (3)Sri Lanka (1)Switzerland (3)Syria (4)Sápmi (1)Tanzania (1)The Arabian Peninsula (1)The Arctic (2)The Great Plains (1)The Indian Subcontinent (3)The Levant (1)The Rhineland (1)The Sahel (1)Togo (1)Tonga (1)Turkey (1)Ukraine (2)United States (6)West Africa (2)Zambia (1)Zimbabwe (1)Attested From (Year)All1500 BCE (1)1000 BCE (1)300 BCE (1)100 (1)125 (1)300 (1)301 (2)405 (1)450 (1)601 (1)683 (1)700 (1)765 (1)782 (1)800 (1)801 (2)842 (1)901 (1)1001 (3)1100 (1)1101 (1)1201 (1)1224 (1)1501 (2)1521 (1)1560 (1)1601 (2)1777 (1)1801 (1)1823 (1)1835 (1)1837 (1)1849 (1)1955 (1)Attested To (Year)All300 (1)1100 (1)1200 (1)Classification ConfidenceAllDisputed (1)Established (13)Difficulty for an English SpeakerAllCategory I (4)Category II (1)Category III (1)Category IV (15)ISO 639-3 CodeAllaka (1)amh (1)apc (1)ara (1)arz (1)aym (1)bal (1)ber (1)bn (1)bo (1)cat (1)chr (1)cmn (1)cop (1)deu (1)eng (1)eus (1)fij (1)fra (1)ful (1)gug (1)guj (1)hak (1)hau (1)heb (1)hin (1)hy (1)ibo (1)iku (1)ja (1)jav (1)kur (1)lah (1)mn (1)mri (1)msa (1)nah (1)nld (1)orm (1)pus (1)que (1)rom (1)ron (1)ru (1)san (1)sin (1)smo (1)som (1)spa (1)syc (1)ta (1)tur (1)ukr (1)wol (1)xho (1)yor (1)zul (1)Number of LanguagesAll1 (2)2 (1)3 (1)7 (1)9 (1)11 (2)13 (1)20 (1)34 (1)44 (1)57 (1)Reconstructed AncestorAllReconstructed (9)Speaker CountAll0 (3)217 (1)2000 (1)2500 (1)14,000 (1)30,000 (1)38,000 (1)50,000 (1)57,000 (1)170,000 (1)187,000 (1)230,000 (1)320,000 (1)339,210 (1)400,000 (1)410,000 (1)430,000 (1)500,000 (1)806,000 (1)900,000 (1)1,000,000 (1)1,200,000 (1)1,700,000 (2)3,000,000 (1)4,100,000 (1)4,600,000 (1)5,000,000 (1)5,300,000 (1)5,500,000 (1)6,000,000 (1)6,500,000 (1)7,200,000 (1)8,000,000 (2)8,200,000 (1)8,800,000 (1)8,900,000 (1)12,000,000 (1)13,800,000 (1)18,000,000 (1)22,000,000 (1)24,000,000 (1)25,000,000 (1)29,000,000 (1)32,000,000 (1)34,000,000 (1)37,000,000 (1)44,000,000 (1)45,500,000 (1)50,000,000 (1)51,000,000 (1)58,800,000 (1)60,000,000 (1)62,000,000 (1)68,000,000 (1)75,000,000 (1)80,000,000 (1)90,000,000 (1)94,000,000 (1)118,000,000 (1)119,000,000 (1)123,000,000 (1)135,000,000 (1)154,000,000 (1)237,000,000 (1)274,000,000 (1)312,000,000 (1)345,000,000 (1)560,000,000 (1)941,000,000 (1)1,500,000,000 (1)StatusAllClassical (No Native Speakers) (1)Liturgical / Learned Use Only (2)Living (67)ToneAllNot Tonal (23)Tonal (16)Word OrderAllOther (9)SOV (25)SVO (23)VSO (4)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 35Meriam MirPrimary Language1 entryMongolianPrimary Language1 entryNahuatlPrimary Language1 entryNavajoPrimary Language1 entryNuer languagePrimary Language1 entryOjibwe languagePrimary Language1 entryOromoPrimary Language1 entryPashtoPrimary Language1 entryQuechuaPrimary Language1 entryRomaniPrimary Language2 entriesRomanianPrimary Language1 entryRussianPrimary Language1 entrySamiPrimary Language1 entrySamoanPrimary Language1 entrySanskritPrimary Language1 entrySinhalaPrimary Language1 entrySomaliPrimary Language1 entrySorbian languagesPrimary Language1 entrySpanishPrimary Language3 entriesSyriacPrimary Language1 entryTaiPrimary Language1 entryTamasheq languagePrimary Language1 entryTamilPrimary Language1 entryTibetanPrimary Language1 entryTonganPrimary Language1 entryTurkishPrimary Language1 entryTuuPrimary Language1 entryUkrainianPrimary Language1 entryUyghur languagePrimary Language1 entryWestern PunjabiPrimary Language1 entryWolofPrimary Language1 entryXhosaPrimary Language1 entryYorubaPrimary Language1 entryZapotecPrimary Language1 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