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... language , one of the Mon - Khmer languages of the Austro - Asiatic language family . Indian influence is found among the Cham and Khmer minorities . The Cham , whose language belongs to the Austronesian language family , are remnants ...
... language , one of the Mon - Khmer languages of the Austro - Asiatic language family . Indian influence is found among the Cham and Khmer minorities . The Cham , whose language belongs to the Austronesian language family , are remnants ...
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... language ; and the gesture language of the American Plains Indians , developed as the need grew for communi- cation between tribes speaking mutually incomprehen- sible languages . Among other methods of visual commu- nication are ...
... language ; and the gesture language of the American Plains Indians , developed as the need grew for communi- cation between tribes speaking mutually incomprehen- sible languages . Among other methods of visual commu- nication are ...
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... languages and writings . Important contributions were made by the Arab scholars Sībawayh ( 8th century ) and az ... Languages , 1861 ) ; CHARLES FOSSEY ( ed . ) , Notices sur les charactères étrangers anciens et modernes , rédigées par ...
... languages and writings . Important contributions were made by the Arab scholars Sībawayh ( 8th century ) and az ... Languages , 1861 ) ; CHARLES FOSSEY ( ed . ) , Notices sur les charactères étrangers anciens et modernes , rédigées par ...
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