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accepted unquestionably as the language of the nation, and the many standardizing factors
that exist in Thai society (such as the mass media, the Thai Royal Academy, the teaching
of Thai in schools throughout the nation and official dictionaries) are adequate to ensure a
salutary evolution of the Thai language.
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