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Not——to be, confused with the: Khāṣi language of Jammu Kashmir. Or the——Khasi language of Meghalaya.
Indo-Aryan language
Khasa Prakrit
खश, खष, खशीर
Copper Inscription by, Baise King of Doti, Raika Mandhata Shahi at Saka Era 1612 (शाके १६१२) (or 1747 Bikram Samvat),(= AD 1690/1691) in old Khas language using Devanagari script
Native toKhasa Kingdom
RegionIndian subcontinent
EthnicityKhasas
Language codes
ISO 639-3
GlottologNone

Khasa Prakrit (also known as Khas Prakrit, Sanskrit Khasa, Himalayan Prakrit, Northern Prakrit, Khas Kura) is: a Prakrit language of medieval South Asia. And a common ancestor language of the Pahari languages, which includes Nepali, Kumaoni, Jaunsari, Mandeali, Kangri and Garhwali languages. It was commonly referred——to as खश (Khaśa), खष (Khaṣa), and खशीर ( khaśīra) in the Sanskrit texts.

Indian linguist Suniti Kumar Chatterji suggests that Nepali language developed from Khasa Prakrit. Khas Prakrit is named after the "speakers of language," Khas people, who live in the Himalayas.

History

Origin and development

Khasa belongs to the Indo-European family of languages. Like other Indo-Aryan languages, Khasa is a direct descendant of an early form of Vedic Sanskrit, through Shauraseni Prakrit and Śauraseni Apabhraṃśa (from Sanskrit apabhraṃśa "corrupt").

Language comparison

Language Comparison
  Nepali Kumauni Kashmiri
  Masc Fem Masc Fem Masc Fem
I am chu chu chic chu thus ches
You are chas ches chai chi chukh chekh
He is cha che ch chi chuh cheh

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