Ware language

Extinct Bantu language of East Africa
Ware
RegionLake Victoria
Extinct(date missing)
Language family
Niger–Congo?
Language codes
ISO 639-3wre (retired)
Linguist List
wre (retired)
Glottologware1252
JE.407[1]

Ware is an extinct Bantu language near Lake Victoria in East Africa.

ISO removal

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

  1. ^ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
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