The contributions examine the trends of Austro-Asiatic languages spoken in North-east India. It focuses on the language of Meghalaya, Khasi, providing a comprehensive survey of varieties of Khasi language in the state. It covers a number of wide range of approaches and practices which basically form modern Khasi linguistics. It studies Khasi dialects to probe the gender-related expressions and multilingualism, as also Santali morphology. It presents a comparison ...