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We were killed by the Spanish Invaded by the Japanese And robbed by the Americans How much more can mother Guahån take? How much more can our language be suppressed? How long till the young children won't not know what Nåna or Tåta means? Why must I... Why must we chamorros have to go out of our way to speak English for the ignorant? Why should my culture, my people, and my island suffer the endangerment of our own language? The chamorro language is dying and it brings tears to my eyes to think that one day Chamorro will be no more.
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Apr 18, 2018
Apr 18, 2018 at 7:38 PM UTC
The Chamoru language
We were killed by the Spanish Invaded by the Japanese And robbed by the Americans How much more can mother Guahån take? How much more can our language be suppressed? How long till the young children won't not know what Nåna or Tåta means? Why must I... Why must we chamorros have to go out of our way to speak English for the ignorant? Why should my culture, my people, and my island suffer the endangerment of our own language? The chamorro language is dying and it brings tears to my eyes to think that one day Chamorro will be no more.
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Apr 18, 2018
Apr 18, 2018 at 7:38 PM UTC
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