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| {{Infobox language
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| |name = Gaju
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| |nativename = Gaju
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| |pronunciation = ['gäɟu]
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| |region = Southeast Asia
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| |states = Rtuha, Uya, eastern Tyami, eastern Manamuki
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| |setting = Rttirria
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| |speakers =
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| |fam1 = Rttirrian
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| |fam2 = South Rttirrian
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| |fam3 = Old Gaju
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| |script = [[w:Latin script|Latin]] (unofficially), Rttirri
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| }}
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| '''Gaju''' (English: /'gɑːd͡ʒuː/, Gaju: ['gäɟu], [[Rttirri]]: [ˈkɑcu]) is a minority language in [[Verse:Rttirria|Rttirria]], spoken by the Gaju people in the eastern part of the country. It is a member of the Rttirrian language family, descended from the Proto-South-Rttirrian langauge that is also the ancestor of modern [[Rttirri]], the nation's official language.
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| ==Phonology== | | ==Phonology== |
| ===Consonants=== | | ===Consonants=== |
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| ! |Labial
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| ! |Alveolar
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| ! |Palatal
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| ! |Velar
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| ! |Glottal
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| ! Nasal | | !rowspan="2"| |
| | '''m''' /m/<br>'''hm''' /m̥/ | | !colspan="2"|Labial |
| | '''n''' /n/<br>'''hn''' /n̥/ | | !colspan="2"|Alveolar |
| | '''ny''' /ɲ/ | | !colspan="2"|Palatal |
| | '''ng''' /ŋ/ | | !rowspan="2"|Retroflex |
| | | | !colspan="2"|Velar |
| | !rowspan="2"|Uvular |
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| | !Plain |
| | !Lab. |
| | !Plain |
| | !Lab. |
| | !Plain |
| | !Lab. |
| | !Plain |
| | !Lab. |
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| ! Plosive | | ! Plosive |
| | '''p''' /pʰ/<br>'''b''' /p/ | | | '''pʼ''' /pˤ/<br>'''p''' /p/<br>'''b''' /b/ |
| | '''t''' /tʰ/<br>'''d''' /t/ | | | '''pwʼ''' /pʷˤ/<br>'''pw''' /pʷ/<br>'''bw''' /bʷ/ |
| | '''ty''' /cʰ/<br>'''j''' /c/ | | | '''tt''' /tʼ/<br>'''tʼ''' /tˤ/<br>'''t''' /t/<br>'''d''' /d/ |
| | '''k''' /kʰ/<br>'''k''' /k/ | | | '''ttw''' /tʷʼ/<br>'''twʼ''' /tʷˤ/<br>'''tw''' /tʷ/<br>'''dw''' /dʷ/ |
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| | | '''kk''' /kʼ/<br>'''g''' /g/ |
| | | '''kkw''' /kʷʼ/<br>'''gw''' /gʷ/ |
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| ! Fricative | | ! Fricative |
| | '''f''' /f/ | | | '''f''' /f/<br>'''v''' /v/<br>'''vʼ''' /vˤ/ |
| | '''s''' /s/<br>'''sh''' /ʃ/ | | | |
| | '''sy''' /ç/
| | | '''s''' /s/<br>'''z''' /z/ |
| | '''kh''' /x/ | | | |
| | '''h''' /h/
| | | '''sh''' /ʃ/<br>'''zh''' /ʒ/<br>'''zhʼ''' /ʒˤ/ |
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| | | '''kh''' /x/<br>'''gh''' /ɣ/ |
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| ! Affricate | | ! Affricate |
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| | '''ts''' /t͡s/<br>'''ch''' /t͡ʃ/ | | | |
| | | '''tts''' /t͡sʼ/<br>'''ts''' /t͡s/<br>'''dz''' /d͡z/ |
| | | '''ttsw''' /t͡sʷʼ/<br>'''tsw''' /t͡sʷ/<br>'''dzw''' /d͡zʷ/ |
| | | '''cch''' /t͡ʃʼ/<br>'''ch''' /t͡ʃ/<br>'''jʼ''' /d͡ʒ/<br>'''j''' /d͡ʒˤ/ |
| | | '''cchw''' /t͡ʃʷʼ/<br>'''chw''' /t͡ʃʷ/<br>'''jwʼ''' /d͡ʒʷ/<br>'''jw''' /d͡ʒʷˤ/ |
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| ! Approximant | | ! Lateral |
| | '''w''' /w/<br>'''hw''' /ʍ/ | | | |
| | '''l''' /l/<br>'''hl''' /l̥~ɬ/
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| | | '''l''' /l/<br>'''hl''' /ɬ/<br>'''lj''' /ɮ/<br>'''ljʼ''' /ɮˤ/ |
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| | ! Rhotic |
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| | | '''r''' /ʐ/ |
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| | | '''rr''' /ʀ/ |
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| | ! Nasal |
| | | '''m''' /m/ |
| | | '''mw''' /mʷ/ |
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| | | '''ng''' /ŋ/<br>'''ngʼ''' /ŋˤ/ |
| | | '''ngw''' /ŋʷ/<br>'''ngwʼ''' /ŋʷˤ/ |
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| In addition, the following consonants are allowed in loanwords: '''hng''' /ŋ̊/, '''hny''' /ɲ̥/, '''y''' /j/, '''hh''' /ʔ/.
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| ===Vowels=== | | ===Vowels=== |
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| ! Front | | ! Front |
| ! Central | | ! Central |
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| ! Back | | ! Back |
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| ! High | | ! High |
| | '''i''' /i/ | | | '''i''' /i/<br>'''ui''' /y/ |
| | | '''ie''' /ɨ/ |
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| | '''u''' /u/
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| ! Near-high | | ! Near-high |
| | '''ii''' /ɪ/
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| | | '''u''' /ʊ/ |
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| ! Mid | | ! High-mid |
| | '''e''' /e/ | | | '''e''' /e/ |
| | '''uu''' /ə/ | | | |
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| | '''o''' /o/ | | | '''o''' /o/ |
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| ! Near-low | | ! Low-mid |
| | '''ee''' /ɛ/ | | | '''oe''' /œ/ |
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| | '''aa''' /ɔ/
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| ! Low | | ! Low |
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| | '''a''' /ä/ | | | |
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| | | '''a''' /ɑ/<br>'''ao''' /ɒ/ |
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| ===Tones=== | | ===Phonotactics=== |
| Gaju distinguishes four tones: high, low, rising, and falling. They are distinguished in the Latin script as follows:
| | Stress falls on the first syllable. |
| * High: '''a aa e ee i ii o u uu'''
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| * Low: '''à àà è èè ì ìì ò ù ùù'''
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| * Rising: '''â ââ ê êê î îî ô û ûû'''
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| * Falling: '''ǎ ǎǎ ě ěě ǐ ǐǐ ǒ ǔ ǔǔ'''
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| The rising and falling tones are uncommon, being found only in loanwords and in a small number of native words where elision of ''VCV'' sequences has caused high-tone and low-tone syllables with the same vowel to occur adjacently to each other.
| | Syllable structure is maximally CVN. There may only be one pharyngealized, ejective, or labialized consonant per root, although more may be added to a single word through compounding and affixation. |
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| ==Grammar== | | ==Grammar== |
| Gaju morphology is significantly more analytic than that of Rttirri.
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| ===Verbs===
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| The following slots are allowed for affixes on the verb.
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| ! Verb Slot
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| ! Allowable Inputs
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| ! Mood
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| | ''fa-'' (polite imperative)<br>''nang-'' (subjunctive)<br>''kan-'' (conditional)<br>''khaa-'' (imperative)
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| ! Tense
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| | ''-bu-/-bo-/-du-/-do-/-ju-/-jo-'' (past)<br>''-mi-/-me-/-ni-/-ne-/-nyi-/-nye-'' (future)
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| ! Verb Root
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| | any verb
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| ! Auxiliary Verb
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| | ''-(k)àng'' ("to be able to")<br>''-(à)kà'' ("to need to")<br>''-(d)èng'' ("to want to")<br>''-(g)ùng'' ("to force to")<br>and others
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| ===Nouns=== | | ===Nouns=== |
| Nouns can take the following cases:
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| ! Case
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| ! Suffix
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| | nominative
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| | (none)
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| |-
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| | accusative
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| | ''-(g)e'' (singular)<br>''-(d)i'' (plural)
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| | dative
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| | ''-(ty)â''
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| | ablative
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| | ''-(d)a''
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| | locative
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| | ''-(l)î''
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| | comitative
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| | ''-(aa)daa''
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| | instrumental
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| | ''-(w)ǎm''
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| |-
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| | vocative
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| | ''-(a)saa''
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| ===Pronouns===
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| The following pronouns are used. They were not affixed to the verb, but stood in the place of other nouns.
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| ! colspan="2" | Singular
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| ! colspan="2" | Plural
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| ! Nominative
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| ! Accusative
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| ! Nominative
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| ! Accusative
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| ! 1st person
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| | ''na''
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| | ''ni''
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| | ''ma''
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| | ''mi''
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| ! 2nd person
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| | ''kom''
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| | ''kim''
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| | ''tsa''
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| | ''tsi''
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| ! 3rd person
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| | ''la''
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| | ''ge''
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| | ''daa''
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| | ''di''
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| Genitive pronouns follow the nouns they modify. The third-person singular plural is a recent innovation, derived from ''fòkom'' ("there").
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| ! English
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| ! Old Gaju
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| | my
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| | ''nà''
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| | your
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| | ''kòm''
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| | his/her/its
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| | ''fôm''
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| | our
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| | ''mà''
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| | all of your
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| | ''tsà''
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| | their
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| | ''dàà''
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| ===Independent particles===
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| The following particles can be used to express aspect and politeness; the default is imperfective.
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| ! Aspect
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| ! Particle
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| | Perfective
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| | ''nam''
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| | Polite perfective
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| | ''nyem''
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| | Habitual
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| | ''shu''
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| | Polite habitual
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| | ''tya''
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| The following question words are used:
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| ! English
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| ! Old Gaju
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| | who/whom
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| | ''ta''
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| | what
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| | ''ti''
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| | when
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| | ''dìn''
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| | where
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| | ''dâng''
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| | why
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| | ''dìtà''
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| | how
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| | ''dûng''
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| ==Syntax== | | ===Syntax=== |
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| ==Sample text== | | ==See also== |
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