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457:Mom - Mama - Mamme
454:Dad - Papa - Babbe
448:Boy - Junge – Jong
401:Today - heute - ho
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260:v/w/f → b
465:See also
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172:schloafe
168:schlafen
86:and the
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440:People
284:leewer
276:lieber
248:k → ch
208:, and
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242:Katze
216:t → z
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164:p → f
158:Abbel
154:Döbbe
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