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authorPavol Rusnak <pavol@rusnak.io>2020-12-20 16:39:42 +0100
committerPavol Rusnak <pavol@rusnak.io>2020-12-22 00:08:33 +0100
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bip39: discourage from using localized wordlists
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==Wordlists==
-* [[bip-0039/bip-0039-wordlists.md|Moved to separate document]]
+Since the vast majority of BIP39 wallets supports only the English wordlist,
+it is '''strongly discouraged''' to use non-English wordlists for generating
+the mnemonic sentences.
+
+If you still feel your application really needs to use a localized wordlist,
+use one of the following instead of inventing your own.
+
+* [[bip-0039/bip-0039-wordlists.md|Wordlists]]
==Test vectors==