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Through Yale’s DIrected Independent Language Study program, about 50 students, including the four in this Zulu class, can study rare languages not typically offered by the University.
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Through Yale’s DIrected Independent Language Study program, about 50 students, including the four in this Zulu class, can study rare languages not typically offered by the University.

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