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365:Diacritics
726:mashallah
650:Bactrian
607:thorn (þ)
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293:Digamma
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585:or
583:sho
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243:Psi
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163:Eta
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177:Θθ
167:Ττ
159:Ηη
141:Ζζ
131:Ρρ
123:Εε
117:Pi
113:Ππ
105:Δδ
95:Οο
87:Γγ
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382:ᾶ
377:ὰ
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