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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></font> </div><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";font-size:12pt"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: </font><span name="Luc Vanbrabant"><span name="Dick van Faassen"><span name="Luc Vanbrabant"><span name="Roger Thijs"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Josh Hacker <<a href="mailto:lewevanhoop@hotmail.com">lewevanhoop@hotmail.com</a>></font></span></span><span><br>

</span></span></span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Subject: Status of Afrikaans in Modern South Africa (EN-AF)</font></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;line-height:normal"><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </font></div>

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