War (also spelled Waar), also known as War-Jaintia, is an
Austroasiatic
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language spoken by about 16,000 people in
Bangladesh
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and 51,000 people in
India
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.
[Sidwell, Paul. 2018. ''The Khasian Languages: Classification, Reconstruction, and Comparative Lexicon''. Languages of the World 58. Munich: Lincom Europa. ] The language is spoken by the ''War Khasi tribe'', i.e. ''War'' sub-tribe of
Khasi people
The Khasi people are an ethnic group of Meghalaya in north-eastern India with a significant population in the bordering state of Assam, and in certain parts of Bangladesh. Khasi people form the majority of the population of the eastern part of M ...
.
See also
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Languages of India
Languages spoken in India belong to several language families, the major ones being the Indo-European languages spoken by 78.05% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 19.64% of Indians, both families together are sometimes know ...
References
Khasian languages
Languages of Bangladesh
Languages of India
Languages of Meghalaya
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