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Austroasiatic language spoken in Bangladesh and India

War language

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Native to
India, Bangladesh
Region
Meghalaya (India) and Sylhet (Bangladesh)
Native speakers
68,000 (2003-2011 census)
Language family
Austroasiatic Khasi-PalaungicKhasicWar
Dialects
Amwi
ISO 639-3
aml
Glottolog
warj1242

War (also known as Waar or War-Jaintia) 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.

It is not to be confused with Khasi War, a Khasi dialect spoken by the closely related War-Khyriam.

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