ISO 639-3 wre (retired) Glottolog ware1252 | Extinct (date missing) Linguist list wre (retired) | |
Language family Niger–CongoAtlantic–CongoBenue–CongoBantoidBantuNortheast BantuGreat Lakes BantuLogooli–Kuria (E.40)Ware | ||
Ware is an extinct Bantu language near Lake Victoria in East Africa.
ISO controversy
When an SIL team failed to find any speakers, Ethnologue retired the ISO code, apparently not realizing the language was known to be extinct.
References
Ware language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA