War Language | |
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Native to | India, Bangladesh |
Region | Meghalaya (India) and Sylhet (Bangladesh) |
Native speakers | 68,000 (2003-2011 census) [1] [2] |
Austroasiatic
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
aml |
Glottolog |
warj1242 |
War (also known as Waar or War-Jaintia) [3] is an Austroasiatic language in the Khasic branch spoken by about 16,000 people in Bangladesh and 51,000 people in India. [4]
It is not to be confused with Khasi War, a Khasi dialect spoken by the closely related War-Khyriam. [5]
War Language | |
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Native to | India, Bangladesh |
Region | Meghalaya (India) and Sylhet (Bangladesh) |
Native speakers | 68,000 (2003-2011 census) [1] [2] |
Austroasiatic
| |
Dialects |
|
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
aml |
Glottolog |
warj1242 |
War (also known as Waar or War-Jaintia) [3] is an Austroasiatic language in the Khasic branch spoken by about 16,000 people in Bangladesh and 51,000 people in India. [4]
It is not to be confused with Khasi War, a Khasi dialect spoken by the closely related War-Khyriam. [5]