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🇸🇦 Hijazi aspiring linguist. Interested in Semitic studies, art, history and music. l tṯw l-mny kl mrʔ
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What is Urban Hijazi Arabic? who speaks it and where is it spoken? and how is it socially perceived? a thread 🧵
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in the late 19th century the dutch orientalist Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje spent some time in Jeddah and Mecca and wrote texts about the culture of the people. Some of the texts contained transcriptions of the local dialect. thread 🧵
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No matter how much you try you can never be as kitschy as Classical Arabic book covers.
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Quran printed in makkah 1955-1956, I've never seen this script before.
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is there a study on the way Arabic dialects are being informally written? like on Twitter and WhatsApp. because I'm seeing some general orthographic trends distinct from MSA.
some I noticed are,
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I've heard some arguments that the Quran is a Levantine text because it mentions pomegranates, wheat, grapes, figs and olives. as a Hijazi I can assure you that all these plants are grown in the Hijaz.
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In 9th century Arabic
Here’s what the Lord’s Prayer looked like in Old English, around 900 AD↓
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It is reported in literature that ʕabdaḷḷāh ibn az-zubayr 624-692 AD preformed the ṭawāf (going around the kaʕbah) while swimming. In the year 1941 a Bahraini 12 year old Ali Alawadhi did the ṭawāf swimming after a flood. He is visible swimming in this picture.
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This is an Isrαeli 🇮🇱 account pretending to be a Sαudi nationαlist saying nasty things about Arαbs, be carful from these accounts, report and block.
I'll show evidence & explain how the dialect he is using isn't Saudi at all but pretending to be one.
thread 🧵
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having an "Arabic accent" in Maltese is wild, it makes things more intelligible for me haha.
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I was talking to a Tuareg speaker from Algeria, I asked him if he uses the term tamašeq, he said "some call it that and also tamahaq"
I was interested in his language but he said it's useless 🥲. Sadly it's not the first time I hear someone say that about their own language.
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This is pretty interesting, I came across this orange juice recipe in a 13th century Syrian cookbook. The writer says that orange juice is basically unknown.
Apparently medieval citrus trees were generally not grown for their fruit? Ibn Khaldūn relates how the proliferation of gardens with citrus trees was regarded as sign of a city’s impending ruin, so much so that many people avoided planting them around their homes. Why? Because...
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I'm in the rabbit hole of Middle Eastern instruments and came across this beautiful Classical Persian ensemble, I had to share it.
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A friend shared this Arabic Garshuni text of Genesis and it has some interesting things. thread 🧵
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This kalilah wa-dimah manuscript has some interesting things going on.
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Beautiful early islamic inscriptions by possibly the son of a Companion and a brother to two Hadith transmitters.
In an inscription he uses both the Aramaeogram <br> بر son and Arabic <bn> بن !!
#فوائت_أعلام_الرجال
إبراهيمـ بن عبدالله بن خُبَيبـــ
الجهني رحمه الله
-> والده وجده #صحابيين
وإخوته عبدالله ومعاذ ومسلم
رضي الله عنهما من #التابعين
ومن رواة الحديث الثقات
للأسف لم أقف على ترجمة أو ذكر له
في المصادر التاريخية وهاهو يسطر
لنا نسبه في نقشين قيمين أحدهما منقوط
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While I was reading The Gospel of Matthew in Sinai Arabic 69, I noticed that the scribe added an alif after the waw in tadʕū. Why? a thread 🧵
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I've recently posted about a language in the Hijaz called "bukhari" after that I talked with three people from the central asian "Bukhari" community in Saudi Arabia to get more knowledge about the community, language and culture.
Here's what I learned:
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my cousin wanted to say "this lemon isn't souring the food" she said "hāda l-laymūn mā biylaymin el-akil" new root y'all l-y-m-n.
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One of the deserts served in Ramadan that used to be popular in Jeddah & Mecca back in the day is called māsiyya. It's made with Agar Agar which was brought by the Jāwi community to the Hijaz.
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@Rrrrnessa
Saudi women are not a monolith, and the Hijab isn't obligatory by law in Saudi as you claim elsewhere. Your ignorance and hypocrisy is genuinely pissing me off.
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a while a go
@DevinFitzger
shared multiple pictures of printed arabic texts, one containing the lord's prayer caught my attention, it was printed in the arabic script with diacritics and also latin in 1634 Rome, the text was linguistically intriguing.
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For those that are interested in Turkic languages. There is a language spoken in the Hijaz by saudis of central asian ancestry called "bukhari" I don't know much about it unfortunately. I had a friend in school that spoke it. it's probably turkic or maybe Iranian. it's obscure
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A proverb for the day,
illi yitlasiʕ min aš-šurba yunfux biz-zabādi
"he who gets burnt from soup blows on yogurt"
اللي يتلسع من الشربة ينفخ بالزبادي
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I'm reminded of this video.
Personally I actually think ع is the most beautiful sound in Arabic, and I don’t care what unwarranted things other Euroglots say about it
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A thing some Hijazis do to questions.
a lateral click /ǁ/ means "yes"
a dental click /ǀ/ means "no"
It might be common across saudi but idk.
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The post and the replies are crazy, The amount of Americans failing to realize that their understanding of race and ethnicity is a social construct unique to their society and different regions view race and ethnicity differently.
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I don't understand how can a papyrus like this exist yet you have people claiming that arabs had no scribal culture capable of putting the Quran into ink before Abdul Malik, yet this papyrus is before Uthman!
Wow! I didn’t expect to see the Ahnas papyrus in exhibition in the Papyrus museum!! This is the oldest surviving document written in Greek and Arabic, in 22 Hijra, just a few months after the conquest of Egypt by the Arabs. Such an amazing meeting!
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what is the ġabānah and what are it's origins? a thread 🧵
photo from
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A beautiful prayer inscription from the mountains of Medina
"O who's gate is in the sky
and who's throne is above water
he who is Living and Self-subsisting, Living and Never-dying
I ask you to pray for Mohammed and I ask you the heaven and what is in it."
قراءة لرائعة من روائــع #الدعاء
نحتت على صفحات جبال #المدينة_المنورة
✍ يـامن #بابـه_فـــي_السماء
وَ #عــرشـه_عــلى_الماء
وهو #الحي_القيوم حيٌ لا يموتــــ
أسلكـ #الــصلاة عـلى محمد
وأسلــكــ #الجنة وما فيها .
اللهم اعطه سؤله آميــــن رب العالمين
وصلي على
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A friend of mine translated the fātiḥah to Syriac, feedback is appreciated. Now I just need a translation in Geʕez.
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I hate this, why change the lovely الذون to a more standard الذين?? whenever I read modern texts of early writings, I wonder how many interesting things were "corrected" to fit normative classical arabic.
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A 8th/9th century Arabic Gospel manuscript using the name ʔilyāsīn الياسين for Elijah, in the Quran it's written as ال ياسين
Vatican Borg. Arabic 13
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a pre-islamic inscription from Naǧrān 485 AD by a man named kaʕb(u), his ancestor's name is عبدمنوه written with the denticled ha ه. Also note the spelling with waw و not aliph ا like the Quran and JSNab17 possibly pronounced as manōh.
اكتشاف اقدم نقش عربي مبكر يعود لعام ٤٨٥ ميلادي
#السعودية #هيئة_التراث
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Time to drink an Urban Hijazi classic gahwa ḥilwa. although it's called "gahwa" it doesn't contain coffee! just rice powder, milk, sugar, spices (cinnamon and cardamom), and nuts, most importantly almonds. I wouldn't be surprised if it has a historical link with Horchata
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an attempt to write the letter to Heraclius in a historical script,
@PhDniX
do you think that the letter (regardless of its historicity) might've been dotted? and did the final ي curve back to the right in a straight line?
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A beautiful Nabatean & Hismaic text by the same author!
Hismaic: l ʕwḏ bn bn ḏ ʔl zhmn w-mħy w-txwf
Nabatean: ʕwydw br bnw šlm
His name was probably pronounced as ʕuwayḏū, the name عويذ is attested in Arabic literature.
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I was at the Islamic Arts Biennale Jeddah, it was really beautiful, here are some pics
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An essential desert on Eid for Saudis in Mecca, Jeddah and Medina is the Dibyāza. It's made with apricot sauce, fig, date necklace and mixed nuts toasted in clarified butter. Some spices are also added like cinnamon and cardamom.
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My father randomly bought a full baobab fruit, in my Arabic dialect it's called ħabħabō.
What do y'all call it in your languages?
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@PhDniX
@davidboxenhorn
There's this Umayyad era inscription from the year 100 hijri (718-719 AD) with فلسطين
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Attempting to replicate the script of early christian manuscripts.
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Arabic speakers, how true is that for y'all?
1) ʕālam "world" masculine
2) ʕālam "people " feminine
eg 1: kida huwwa l-ʕālam
"that's how the world is"
eg 2: ṭab wi-l-ʕālam dī lli guddāmak?
"and what about these people in front of you?"
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Mecca region's fabled sand dunes, so dead so dry no one can develop agriculture here, the inhabitants definitely can't grow barley, grapes and pomegranates.
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A Hijazi lullaby, both of my grandmothers used to sing it but with different variations, I compiled this long version.
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Hey at least the racist who wrote this graffiti knew it's Allahu Akbar not Allah Akbar, but they forgot a very important detail that Jesus is revered in Islam.
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Turkish loans in Urban Hijazi (family terms)
anna "mother"
abē "older brother"
abla "older sister or an older woman"
tēza "maternal aunt"
yinga "uncle's wife"
dāda "nanny"
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A nice example of a lateral ḍ on the word *ḍayf "guest" (rijāl ʔalmaʕ, Saudi)
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kābli rice, it's a Medinan specialty. It gets it's distinctive flavor from orange zest, dried galangal and kewra water
Is anyone familiar with a similar dish? some people claim it's called kābli because it's of Afgan origin but I can't find an identical recipe out of Saudi.
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There are other 9th century examples, Vat. Borg. Ar. 95, Sinai Arabic 75, and Vat. Borg. Ar. 13
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When playing cards in Saudi Arabia, I use different names for the cards depending on if the friends I'm playing with are Hijazi or Najdi.
in Najd :
diamonds = dēman
hearts = hāṣ
spades = sibīt
clubs = širya
in the Hijaz I use:
♦️ šawkat
♥️ lāl
♠️ kāla
♣️ širya
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One of the most famous Maqāms in the Hijaz and especially Mecca is banjaka بنجكه/بنجكاه commonly played on the Qānūn. The name comes from Farsi panjgāh پنجگاه
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word of the day اتمنشن /atmanʃan/
"I get mentioned" used in social media from english "mention"
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I [mæn]
you pl. [sɪz]
you singular [sæn]
this [bu]
who [kɪm]
what [nɪmæ]
fish [bælɜʁ]
blood [qɔn]
bone [sʊjæk]
water [su]
salt [tʊz]
woman [χɔtˤʉn]
sell [sˤɔtˤ]
god [χʊdˤɔ]
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I was recently in the old city of jeddah and I learned some new words
bēt al-mā "bathroom" now called ḥammām
al-mabyat "bedroom" now called ġurfat nōm
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English loans in Urban Hijazi used by younger speakers
fannašt "I finished"
šabtarēn "two chapters"
šayyaku "they checked"
This might not be common but some gamers would say
fallalt il-hilṯ bār "I filled the health bar"
/t͡ʃ/ is loaned as [ʃ], [tʃ] or [ʃt] as [sandwiʃt]
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I discovered that there's a group of Arab conspiracy theorists trying to claim that this doesn't read as-samāwāt but actually it's "as-samūt" and it means something else, and that the dagger alif was added as a part of a grammarian conspiracy to hide the true meaning.
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Urban Hijazi Arabic is a dialect spoken in some parts of the Hijaz area of modern day saudi arabia, the Hijaz area has numerous dialects and Urban Hijazi is one which is spoken solely in the urban centers of Mecca, Medina, Jeddah and on a smaller level Taif.
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The first two reasons aren't true, for the third reason I do agree that endangered languages deserve more attention but learning endangered languages is one thing and dealing with conlangs for fun & entertainment is another thing.
It's okay to be interested in both!
Here are 3 reasons why I hate conlangs:
(conlang = “constructed language”, an invented language like Dothraki or Klingon or Na’vi or Esperanto)
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An inscription from Saudi Arabia written possibly during the late crusades.
My rough translation,
"In the name of God the Gracious the Merciful
māǧid son of ṯābit was present at the bottom of this mountain
the year the Franks killed ħāzim son of mfrħ and maʕn son of faḍl"
في وثيقة صخريه….
سنة قتلوا الافرنج ……….!؟
لو وجد الاسمان لعُرف تاريخها …
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In Ramadan many Meccans make sure to have zamzam water smoked with mastic which gives it a refreshing flavor.
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I just saw someone spelling صغير as ظغير, it means that this person's dialect lost dental fricatives and has *sˤ > zˤ for this word. <ḏ̣ɣyr> [zˤʁiːr]
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if there was a time travel machine and they heard a person from Quraish speaking Old Hijazi they'll probably lose their mind, so I guess this is it for now, and I'll be sure that I wouldn't let racists make me go quite.
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what is this is supposed to be "giving up is for the weak"? probably something else.
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a Nabatean Hismaic bilingual inscription by a man named <tymlh> in modern arabic orthography تيم الله
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I absolutely hate the fact that they removed so much of the Arabic in the Dune movies and replaced it with a conlang, I've seen the arguments speaking in favor of this but all fail.
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I'll start with what I personally guess is most ancient dish in the region, xubz al-mallah. It's a type of bread that is cooked directly on the coal, this type of bread is also common among many nomads in different regions.
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a visit to Taif is never complete until you try gurṣ al-mijrafah drenched in honey and butter.
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I started saying kabāsīl pl. for kabsūla "Capsule " as a joke but now my entire house is starting to use it unironically....
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In saudi arabia what is called "the Bukhari language" is actually multiple turkic languages/dialects spoken by the Bukhari community, each speaker roughly speaks the dialect from the town where they can trace their ancestry from. most speak different dialects of Uzbek and Uyghur.
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writing bi- as a separate ب like
bil-bēt ب البيت
b(i)-bēt ب بيت
I think most write it connected though بالبيت، ببيت
writing في as ف, which makes sense since it's not a long vowel in many dialects
fil-bēt فالبيت or ف البيت
f(i)-bēt فبيت or ف بيت
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Have these people spoken with or seen a Palestinian? Go to any Levantine wedding and you will see more than one 3ammu looking like that dancing with their rosaries
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Racism towards Urban Hijazi people further stigmatizes this dialect with racists calling the people "Ottoman garbage", "sea trash", and "left overs from Hajj"
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2 the loss of dental fricatives so θalāθah > talāta and in loans maθalan > masalan, it's not clear when this sound change happened, but one text suggests it possibly took place or started to take place in the speech of some people during the 17th century in mecca.
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an interesting inscription paraphrasing surat al-ikhlas
#نقوش_السعوديه #كتابات_إسلاميه_مبكره #حِسمى #تبوك #إرشيفي
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here's an example of the social perception of Urban Hijazi Arabic, I might write a thread soon but not today.
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Thoughts on the etymology of jeddah? locally it's pronounced as /d͡ʒidda/ in literature I sometimes see it written as /d͡ʒuddah/ in parts of levant it's /ʒadda/ the local legend says it was named after the "grandmother of humanity" Eve. Since her grave is presumably in the city..
I read an info that truly shocked me!
The city of jeddah is an ancient city, existed even in preislamic arabia and Jeddah in Arabic means grandmother, people called it Jeddah since Eve’s tomb is in it.
Is this true?
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Even through none tribal and none Arab people settled in the Hijaz for ages, Examples of some Urban Hijazi families and their ancestry.
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Hijaz is Mars confirmed.
Latest image of our neighbor planet 'Mars' by Perseverance rover
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All plants mentioned by Patricia Crone are grown in areas around Mecca.
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Does anyone know why when arabic dialects are discussed phonologically غand خ are described as velar? yet as far as I hear the sounds from all Arabs I know, it's almost always uvular to my ears?
GCA has a rather large fricative inventory with a set of 3 alveolars /s z sˤ/, 2 pairs with voicing contrast; velar /x ɣ/ & pharyngeal /ħ ʕ/, with /f ʃ h/ being on their own
Cotter lacks minimal pairs but tried to provide words with the same vocalic environments for each phoneme
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There's this 14th century bible manuscript that uses harakāt, I was expecting interesting readings but it was rather "normal" or maybe I wasn't paying attention, it's SAr. 68. The manuscript is gorgeous and very pretty to look at.
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I mentioned the māsiyya as one of the sweets served in Ramadan, another sweet served in Ramadan in Mecca, Jeddah & Medina is sugudāna or sagudāna, it's a local Sago pudding recipe. Sago seeds were also among the products brought by the Jāwi community.
One of the deserts served in Ramadan that used to be popular in Jeddah & Mecca back in the day is called māsiyya. It's made with Agar Agar which was brought by the Jāwi community to the Hijaz.
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