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bip39: discourage from using localized wordlists
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==Wordlists==
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* [[bip-0039/bip-0039-wordlists.md|Moved to separate document]]
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Since the vast majority of BIP39 wallets supports only the English wordlist,
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it is '''strongly discouraged''' to use non-English wordlists for generating
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the mnemonic sentences.
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If you still feel your application really needs to use a localized wordlist,
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use one of the following instead of inventing your own.
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* [[bip-0039/bip-0039-wordlists.md|Wordlists]]
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==Test vectors==
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