War language

Austroasiatic language spoken in Bangladesh and India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

War (also known as Waar or War-Jaintia)[3] is an Austroasiatic language in the Khasic branch spoken in Meghalaya in India and Bangladesh. It is spoken by about 51,000 people in India and 16,000 people in Bangladesh.[4]

NativetoIndia, Bangladesh
RegionMeghalaya (India) and Sylhet (Bangladesh)
Native speakers
68,000 (2003-2011 census)[1][2]
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Waar
Native toIndia, Bangladesh
RegionMeghalaya (India) and Sylhet (Bangladesh)
Native speakers
68,000 (2003-2011 census)[1][2]
Dialects
  • Amwi
Language codes
ISO 639-3aml
Glottologwarj1242
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It is not to be confused with Khasi War, a Khasi dialect spoken by the closely related War-Khyriam.[5]

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