Language Revitalization
Chamorro language has suffered from suppression by the Americans who banned Chamorro language completely in schools in 1922 and collected all Chamorro dictionaries and burned them (Skutnabb-Kangas 2000: 206; Mühlhäusler 1996: 109; Benton 1981: 122). In 2013, "Guam will be instituting Public Law 31-45, which increases the teaching of the Chamorro language and culture in Guam schools," extending instruction to include grades 7-10.
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