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Endangered Data for Endangered Languages: Digitizing Print dictionaries
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2152-0801
DOI: 10.5304/jafscd.2014.042.010