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"word": "បៃ"
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"word": "바이트"
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"word": "ໄບຕ໌"
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
"word": "bayt"
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
"word": "ဘိုက်"
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
"word": "字節"
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
"word": "バイト"
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
"word": "បៃ"
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
"word": "바이트"
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"roman": "bayt",
"sense": "8-bit unit",
"word": "байт"
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"roman": "bait",
"sense": "8-bit unit",
"word": "ໄບຕ໌"
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"word": "ໄບ"
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
"tags": [
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
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"word": "bait"
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"code": "mi",
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
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{
"code": "nv",
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
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{
"code": "nod",
"lang": "Northern Thai",
"sense": "8-bit unit",
"word": "ᨷᩱ"
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{
"code": "fa",
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
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{
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"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "bayiṭa",
"sense": "8-bit unit",
"word": "බයිට"
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{
"code": "sk",
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"word": "bajt"
},
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"code": "sk",
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "8-bit unit",
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},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "bayt",
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"word": "байт"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "bái",
"sense": "8-bit unit",
"word": "ไบต์"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "8-bit unit",
"word": "bayt"
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"code": "uk",
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],
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"code": "ur",
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
"word": "لکمہ"
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"code": "ug",
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"sense": "8-bit unit",
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"code": "uz",
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"word": "bai"
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"word": "bai-tơ"
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"code": "cy",
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{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
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"word": "בײַט"
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"word": "isimumathalwazi"
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