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ANR (The French National Research Agency) funded project “Contact de langues en Chine du nord – perspective historique et typologique” (LCNC, ANR-18-CE27-0013) (2019)
Cover illustration: View of the hamlet of Maxiang 马巷, situated along the Tao River 洮河 in the vicinity of Tangwang 唐汪, within Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Province, China.
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