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Archive Home > 2006 > July > 30 > New speakers try to save language

New speakers try to save language

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
July 30, 2006

WARM SPRINGS - Deanie Johnson and Val Switzler knew it would be up to them to save the Wasco language, some day. They just didn't know the day would come so soon.

"Everybody stops and asks us, 'How do you say this?'" said Johnson, who started learning the language in 2000. "We do....

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