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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear fellow typologists,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As you may know, this new year is the <a href="https://en.iyil2019.org/">
International Year of Indigenous Languages</a> as declared by the United Nation.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">May this year be an opportunity to further promote, empower, and revitalize indigenous languages around the world.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From Hong Kong,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Ian Joo<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">http://ianjoo.academia.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
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