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Khmer as a Heritage Language in the United States: Historical Sketch, Current Realities, and Future Prospects
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Wright, Wayne E. – Heritage Language Journal, 2010
Cambodian Americans are a fairly recent language minority group in the United States; most families arrived in the United States as refugees during the 1980s. Over the past 30 years, there has been great concern in the community regarding the maintenance loss of their native Khmer language. This article provides an historical and contemporary…
Descriptors: Language Minorities, Community Leaders, Language Skill Attrition, Language Maintenance