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"English entries with incorrect language header",
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"English terms with audio links",
"Rhymes:English/ætə",
"Rhymes:English/ætə/2 syllables",
"Yosondúa Mixtec entries with incorrect language header",
"Yosondúa Mixtec lemmas",
"Yosondúa Mixtec verbs"
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}
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"word": "gata"
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