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1723:GEOnet Names Server
1428:ttyk-Kyuyëlʼ
981:обайкальск = Sever
229:ск = Ulʼyano
123:Special provision
1696:. pp. 93–94.
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1272:Shch (shch)
1213:ебоксары =
1144:абаровск =
1008:kovorodino
868:ovosibirsk
829:енделеев =
792:омоносов =
733:oshkar-Ola
94:endings to
50:anglophones
1754:Categories
1678:References
1556:chevskaya
1404:ркъявр = K
1248:ахтёрск =
1179:имлянск =
1107:урманов =
946:ухов = Ser
833:endeleyev
804:идово = Ne
772:= Yeniseys
632:ʼma
622:venigorod
535:ль = Keban
518:во = Vorob
365:ровка = Me
348:вск = Chap
291:ово = Neli
217:ладимир =
200:anʼ
73:interpunct
1744:Scholarly
1740:GOST / UN
1640:ишма = Ta
1599:T·s (t·s)
1544:bileynyy
1297:ево = Rti
1283:ёлково =
1252:akhtërsk
1217:eboksary
1183:imlyansk
1148:abarovsk
1084:динка = D
878:dalaksha
841:енка = Ka
798:omonosov
706:сардах =
659:ты = Apat
649:ркутск =
628:ьма = Vya
597:ники = Lu
566:рный = Oz
542:lʼ.
484:вка = Zmi
423:лкино = B
334:лизово =
250:розный =
182:арнаул =
126:Examples
37:into the
1651:See also
1587:нск = Br
1575:кутск =
1456:= Tyumen
1408:rkˮyavr
1394:к-Су = S
1335:Y· (y·)
1260:кин = My
1225:ора = Pe
1113:urmanov
1047:ищи = My
1037:амбов =
969:остов =
671:Y· (y·)
456:after ъ.
453:after ь;
450:after й;
435:Yë (yë)
324:after ъ.
321:after ь;
318:after й;
303:Ye (ye)
221:ladimir
196:ань = Ku
159:мбов = T
28:Cyrillic
1746:systems
1711:. 2018.
1625:Шч (шч)
1596:Тс (тс)
1579:kut·sk
1564:Ya (ya)
1529:Yu (yu)
1481:Ulan-Ud
1473:Улан-Уд
1458:ʼ
1446:ʼ
1434:нда = T
1375:кан = T
1289:ëlkovo
1237:Sh (sh)
1202:Ch (ch)
1168:Ts (ts)
1160:ladnyy
1133:Kh (kh)
1070:глич =
1051:ishchi
768:Енисейс
762:иров =
739:ск = Bi
712:sardakh
653:rkutsk
587:уков =
578:Zh (zh)
501:ган = A
399:зд = Ob
382:в = Yur
264:odonsk
254:roznyy
188:arnaul
117:letter
115:Russian
31:Russian
1742:, and
1736:ALA-LC
1709:gov.uk
1644:ishma
1611:иля =
1517:м = Ru
1347:тта =
1191:= Yele
1088:dinka
1076:glich
1041:ambov
1010:Чайков
973:ostov
950:ukhov
915:yarsk
897:мск =
810:idovo
693:лык =
468:два =
445:vowels
443:after
427:lkino
372:rovka;
338:lizovo
313:vowels
311:after
223:Ульяно
145:зов =
1732:ISO 9
1705:(PDF)
1694:(PDF)
1673:Notes
1657:ISO 9
1642:sh·ch
1567:None
1561:Я (я)
1532:None
1526:Ю (ю)
1492:E (e)
1464:Э (э)
1452:Тюмен
1443:Ь (ь)
1413:Y (y)
1398:k-Su
1360:йа =
1332:Ы (ы)
1327:yavr
1317:Куырк
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1275:None
1269:Щ (щ)
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1234:Ш (ш)
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1199:Ч (ч)
1171:None
1165:Ц (ц)
1136:None
1130:Х (х)
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1099:None
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1093:Ф (ф)
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1059:U (u)
1056:У (у)
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955:Р (р)
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886:O (o)
883:О (о)
856:None
853:N (n)
850:Н (н)
845:enka
821:None
818:M (m)
815:М (м)
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