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"2": "Volapük",
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"1": "fy",
"2": "Volapük",
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"word": "Volapükagased"
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{
"word": "Volapükaklub"
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{
"word": "Volapükan"
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"word": "Volapükatidan"
},
{
"word": "Volapükitidan"
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{
"word": "Volapükav"
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{
"word": "Volapükavan"
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{
"word": "Volapükik"
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"ref": "1938, “Pö yelacen”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 1:",
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},
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"depth": 1,
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"2": "Volapük",
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"source": "declension",
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},
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"ref": "1938, “Pö yelacen”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 1:",
"text": "Volapük eprogedon nog no mödiko, e nog ai go no labülon pladi, kel demü patöfs sublimik okik duton lü on.",
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