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Question 16 Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension 2021 Medium MCQ +3.00 marks · -1.00 negative

It's easy to forget that most of the world's languages are still transmitted orally with no widely established written form. While speech communities are increasingly involved in projects to protect their languages — in print, on air and online — orality is fragile and…

The author mentions the Welsh language to show that:

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