War language

War
Waar
Native toIndia, Bangladesh
RegionMeghalaya (India) and Sylhet (Bangladesh)
Native speakers
68,000 (2003-2011 census)
Dialects
  • Amwi
Language codes
ISO 639-3aml
Glottologwarj1242

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.