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Extinct Bantu language of East Africa
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Ware | |
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Region | Lake Victoria |
Ethnicity | Ware |
Extinct | (date missing) |
Niger–Congo?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | wre (retired) |
wre (retired) | |
Glottolog | ware1252 |
JE.407 [1] |
Ware is an extinct Bantu language near Lake Victoria in East Africa.
ISO removal
[edit]When an SIL team failed to find any speakers, Ethnologue retired the ISO code, apparently not realizing the language was known to be extinct.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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