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“Wanne Uchinanchu – I am Okinawan.” Japan, the US and Okinawa's Endangered Languages

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Patrick Heinrich  and
Fija Bairon
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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 5 , Issue 11 , November 2007 , e14
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