Longing for Legacy: Vowel Harmony in the Uzbek Standard Language, 1924-1934
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عنوان ژورنال: Russian and East European Studies
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1348-6497,1884-5347
DOI: 10.5823/jarees.2007.48