War language
| War | |
|---|---|
| Native to | India, Bangladesh |
| Region | Meghalaya, India, Sylhet, Bangladesh |
Native speakers | 68,000 (2003-2011 census)[1][2] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | aml |
| Glottolog | warj1242 |
War (also spelled Waar),[3] also known as War-Jaintia, is an Austroasiatic language spoken by about 16,000 people in Bangladesh and 51,000 people in India.[4] The language is spoken by the War Khasi tribe, i.e. War sub-tribe of Khasi people.
See also
References
- ^ "Statement 1: Abstract of speakers' strength of languages and mother tongues - 2011". www.censusindia.gov.in. Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 2018-07-07.
- ^ "War-Jaintia". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
- ^ "ISO 639 Code Tables".
- ^ Sidwell, Paul. 2018. The Khasian Languages: Classification, Reconstruction, and Comparative Lexicon. Languages of the World 58. Munich: Lincom Europa. ISBN 9783862889143
| Official language | |
|---|---|
| Indo-European | |
| Sino-Tibetan | |
| Austroasiatic | |
| Dravidian | |
| Afro-Asiatic | |
| Sign | |
