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8/9/2019 Notes on the Numerical System of Tibeto-Burman Dialects
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=26 D\ILRNE ][]VLI] HG VK\LVH)KA\RIND FKNELMV]
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D\ILRNE ][]VLI] HL VKBLVH)B\RIND FKNELMV] =2<
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=27 D\ILRNE ][]VLI] HG VkdLVH)R\RINP FKNELMV]
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D\ILRNE ][]VLI] HL VKBLVH)B\RIND FKNELMV] =2:
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D\ILRNE ][]VLI] HL VKAKOVH)IAOIND FKNELMV] ==<
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==3 D\ILRNE ][]VLI] HL VK>>LVH)KK\@IND FKNELMV]
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