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Vol. 103/104 (1994) ► pp.19–38

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Survival Strategies of Minority Languages

A Case Study of ókó (Ogori) in Nigeria

 | University of Ilorin, Nigeria and Universität Duisburg, Germany
Published online: 1 January 1994
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