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War

Facts:    
  • Population: 16,000 in Bangladesh (2003 SIL). Population total all countries: 28,000.
  • Region: Along the India border in the northeast; Sylhet Division, Sylhet District, near Jaflong, Tamabil, Jaintiapur, and north of Raipur; Moulavi Bazar District, near Fenchuganj, Madhabkunda, Barlekha, Goalbari, Fultala, Alinagar, Islampur, Khajori, Rashidpur, Satgoan, Kamalganj, Alinagar. Also spoken in India.
  • Alternatives: Amwi, Waar
  • Dialects: War-Jaintia, War-Khasi. Probably distinct from War, a dialect of Khasi in India. 75% intelligibility of Khasi by War-Jaintia. Jirang is similar, and may be a dialect. Lexical similarity 70% to 75% between War-Jaintia and War-Khasi; War-Jaintia dialect 41% to 45% with Pnar (from scant data), 35% with standard Khasi.
  • Classification: Austro-Asiatic, Mon-Khmer, Northern Mon-Khmer, Khasian
  • Language use: Speakers also use Khasi, Bengali, Sylheti, or English.
  • Language development: Literacy rate in second language: 25% Bengali; many are literate in standard Khasi. Grammar.
  • Comments: Hills. Christian.
Sources:
 • Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com/.
See also:
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[ Entry added by Divyalina Bhuyan on May 11, 2009 ]
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