The Language of Laughter

Although one can smile and laugh in any language,
laughter has a fun vocabulary in Marathi.

• superficial polite hya hya 
• soft pleasant khudu khudu or loud khada khada of an infant 
• mild appreciative khas khas 
• loud uproarious kho kho 
• horse-like khi khi 
• derogative phis phis 
• vulgar and obscene phid phid 

I'm sure my Maharashtrian friends laughed in मराठी
on reading the vocabulary in the Sunday Times of India (22/01/12).