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Diachronica
Vol. 27:1 (2010) ► pp.170–176
Book review

John R. Bentley. A Linguistic History of the Forgotten Islands: A Reconstruction of the proto-language of the Southern Ryukyus
John R. Bentley. Folkestone: Global Oriental, 2008. xvii, 309 pp.

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| Centre de recherches linguistiques sur l’Asie orientale, Paris, France
Published online: 2 June 2010
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