List of Wikipedias by language group

English (en) · Русский (ru) · +/-

Article share of language groups Germanic    34.8% Italic    22.01% Slavic    15.07% Japonic    3.66% Sinitic    2.34% Turkic    2.18% Finno-Permic    1.93% Austroasiatic    1.89% Constructed (IE)    1.85% Other    14.21%

Included are all languages in the category active Wikipedias of List of Wikipedias and a few "somewhat active". See also: List of Wikipedias by language family.

Headline: Language group name (A – B%)

A – total articles in Wikipedias of a given group

B% – articles in language group as percentage of all articles from all Wikipedias.

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Germanic languages (7,682,373 – 34.8%)

English    51.57% German    18.37% Dutch    13.59% Swedish    6.09% Norwegian    4.44% Danish    2.14% Norwegian (Nynorsk)    1.08% Other    2.71%

1. English – en – 3,961,472 articles
2. German (Deutsch) – de – 1,410,926 articles
3. Dutch (Nederlands) – nl – 1,043,933 articles
4. Swedish (Svenska) – sv – 467,888 articles
5. Norwegian (Norsk), bokmål and riksmål edition – no – 341,009 articles
6. Danish (Dansk) – da – 164,311 articles
7. Norwegian Nynorsk (Norsk nynorsk) – nn – 83,058 articles
8. Luxembourgish (Lëtzebuergesch) – lb – 36,120 articles
9. Icelandic (Íslenska) – is – 34,036 articles
10. West Frisian (Frysk) – fy – 24,678 articles
11. Afrikaans – af – 22,534 articles
12. Low Saxon (Plattdüütsch) – nds – 19,095 articles
13. Alemannic (Alemannisch) – als – 11,598 articles
14. Yiddish (ייִדיש) – yi – 9,496 articles
15. Lowland Scots - sco - 9,085 articles
16. Limburgish (Limburgs) – li – 6,987 articles
17. Faroese (Føroyskt) – fo – 5,465 articles
18. Austro-Bavarian (Österreichisch–Boarisch) – bar – 5,450 articles
19. Dutch Low Saxon – nds-nl – 4,764 articles
20. West Flemish – vls – 4,445 articles
21. Old English (Englisc) – ang – 2,530 articles
22. Zeelandic (Zeêuws) – zea – 2,775 articles
23. Ripuarisch – ksh – 2,596 articles
24. Saterlandic (Seeltersk) – stq – 2,135 articles
25. Northern Frisian (Frasch) – frr – 2,077 articles
26. Pennsylvania German – pdc – 1,800 articles
27. Palatinate German (Pfälzisch) – pfl – 1,760 articles
28. Gothic (Gutisk) – got – 350 articles

Italic languages (4,858,478 – 22%)

French    25.8% Italian    19.01% Spanish    18.36% Portuguese    15.15% Catalan    7.72% Romanian    3.69% Other    10.27%

1. French (Français) – fr – 1,253,515 articles
2. Italian (Italiano) – it – 923,639 articles
3. Spanish (Español) – es – 892,248 articles
4. Portuguese (Português) – pt – 736,074 articles
5. Catalan (Català) – ca – 374,915 articles
6. Romanian (Română) – ro – 179,078 articles
7. Galician (Galego) – gl – 85,804 articles
8. Latin (Latina) – la – 74,528 articles
9. Aromanian (Armâneashti) – roa-rup – 61,656 articles
10. Occitan (Occitan) - oc - 60,705 articles
11. Piedmontese (Piemontèis) – pms – 50,223 articles
12. Aragonese (Aragonés) – an – 27,579 articles
13. Lombard (Lumbaart) – lmo – 24,448 articles
14. Sicilian (Sicilianu) – scn – 17,857 articles
15. Asturian (Asturianu) – ast – 18,183 articles
16. Neapolitan (Nnapulitano) – nap – 13,533 articles
17. Walloon (Walon) – wa – 12,384 articles
18. Venetian (Vèneto) – vec – 9,420 articles
19. Tarantino (Tarandíne) – roa-tara – 9,126 articles
20. Corsican (Corsu) – co – 6,245 articles
21. Norman (Nouormand/Normaund) – nrm – 3,508 articles
22. Romansh (Rumantsch) – rm – 3,336 articles
23. Friulian (Furlan) – fur – 3,005 articles
24. Ligurian (Líguru) – lij – 2,896 articles
25. Ladino (Judæo-Español) – lad – 2,823 articles
26. Sardinian (Sardu) – sc – 2,726 articles
27. Franco-Provençal/Arpitan (Arpitan) – frp – 2,184 articles
28. Extremaduran (Estremeñu) – ext – 2,040 articles
29. Picard (Picard) – pcd – 1,993 articles
30. Emilian-Romagnol (Emilià) – eml – 1,676 articles
31. Mirandese (Mirandés) – mwl – 730 articles
32. Moldovan (Молдовеняскэ) – mo – 401 articles (locked)

Slavic languages (3,327,304 – 15.1%)

Polish    26.98% Russian    25.76% Ukrainian    11.56% Czech    6.96% Slovak    5.21% Serbian    4.8% Slovenian    4.02% Bulgarian    3.95% Croatian    3.28% Other    7.5%

1. Polish (Polski) – pl – 897,778 articles
2. Russian (Русский) – ru – 857,021 articles
3. Ukrainian (Українська) – uk – 384,723 articles
4. Czech (Čeština) – cs – 231,453 articles
5. Slovak (Slovenčina) – sk – 173,322 articles
6. Serbian (Српски) – sr – 159,663 articles
7. Slovenian (Slovenščina) – sl – 133,606 articles
8. Bulgarian (Български) – bg – 131,320 articles
9. Croatian (Hrvatski) – hr – 109,295 articles
10. Serbo-Croatian (Српскохрватски) – sh – 57,101 articles
11. Macedonian (Македонски) – mk – 55,885 articles
12. Belarusian (Беларуская) Taraškievica – be-x-old – 43,842 articles
13. Belarusian (Беларуская) – be – 42,043 articles
14. Bosnian (Bosanski) – bs – 32,341 articles
15. Upper Sorbian (Hornjoserbsce) – hsb – 7,351 articles
16. Rusyn (Русиньскый) – rue – 3,603 articles
17. Kashubian (Kaszëbsczi) – csb – 3,060 articles
18. Silesian (Ślůnski) – szl – 2,030 articles
19. Lower Sorbian (Dolnoserbski) – dsb – 1,361 articles
20. Old Church Slavonic (Словѣньскъ) – cu – 506 articles

Japonic languages (807,647 – 3.7%)

1. Japanese (日本語) – ja – 807,647 articles

Sinitic languages (517,119 – 2.3%)

Chinese    91.38% Cantonese    3.94% Min Nan    1.92% Gan    1.18% Other    1.9%

1. Chinese (中文) (uses both traditional and simplified characters) – zh – 472,520 articles
2. Cantonese (粵語) – zh-yue – 20,395 articles
3. Min Nan (Bân–lâm–gú) – zh-min-nan – 9,904 articles
4. Gan (赣语) – gan – 6,100 articles
5. Wu (吴語) – wuu – 2,940 articles
6. Classical Chinese (文言) – zh-classical – 2,675 articles
7. Hakka (Hak-kâ-fa / 客家話) – hak – 2,269 articles
8. Min Dong (Mìng–dĕ̤ng–ngṳ̄) – cdo – 316 articles

Turkic languages (481,591 – 2.2%)

Turkish    38.73% Kazakh    26.41% Azerbaijani    17.97% Bashkir    3.32% Tatar    3.17% Chuvash    2.84% Other    7.18%

1. Turkish (Türkçe) – tr – 186,509 articles
2. Kazakh (Қазақша) – kk – 127,192 articles
3. Azerbaijani (Azərbaycan) – az – 86,553 articles
4. Bashkir (Башҡорт) – ba – 15,966 articles
5. Tatar (Татарча) – tt – 15,270 articles
6. Chuvash (Чăваш чěлхи) – cv – 13,680 articles
7. Sakha (Саха) – sah – 8,153 articles
8. Uzbek (O'zbek) – uz – 8,184 articles
9. Kyrgyz (Кыргызча) – ky – 6,755 articles
10. Turkmen (Türkmençe) – tk – 4,481 articles
11. Uyghur (ئۇغۇرچه) – ug – 2,896 articles
12. Karachay-Balkar (Къарачай-малкъар) – krc – 1,735 articles
13. Crimean Tatar (Qırımtatar tili) – crh – 1,724 articles
14. Gagauz – gag – 1,910 articles
15. Karakalpak (Qaraqalpaq) – kaa – 583 articles

Finno-Permic languages (424,917 – 1.9%)

Finnish    70.06% Estonian    22.74% Hill Mari    1.19% Võro    1.14% Other    4.41%

1. Finnish (Suomi) – fi – 297,712 articles
2. Estonian (Eesti) – et – 96,641 articles
3. Hill Mari (Кырык мары) – mrj – 5,063 articles
4. Võro – fiu-vro – 4,823 articles
5. Northern Sami (Sámegiella) – se – 4,200 articles
6. Komi-Permyak (Перем коми) – koi – 3,394 articles
7. Udmurt (Удмурт) – udm – 3,076 articles
8. Komi (Коми) – kv – 3,195 articles
9. Meadow Mari (Марий) – mhr – 3,024 articles
10. Erzya (Эрзянь) – myv – 1,510 articles
11. Moksha (Мокшень) – mdf – 1,117 articles
12. Veps (Vepsän) – vep – 1,162 articles

Austroasiatic languages (416,887– 1.9%)

1. Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt) – vi – 413,639 articles
2. Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ) – km – 3,248 articles

Indo-European-based Constructed languages (408,412 – 1.9%)

Esperanto    40.36% Volapük    29.12% Simple English    20.35% Ido    5.73% Interlingua    3.33% Other    1.15%

1. Esperanto – eo – 164,839 articles
2. Volapük – vo – 118,937 articles
3. Simple English – simple – 83,092 articles
4. Ido – io – 23,415 articles
5. Interlingua – ia – 13,611 articles
6. Novial – nov – 2,602 articles
7. Interlingue (Occidental) – ie – 1,916 articles

Sunda–Sulawesi languages (405,898 – 1.8%)

Indonesian    46.72% Malay    33.09% Javanese    9.38% Sundanese    4.23% Banyumasan    3.19% Buginese    2.63% Other    0.76%

1. Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia) – id – 189,621 articles
2. Malay (Bahasa Melayu) – ms – 134,331 articles
3. Javanese (Basa Jawa) – jv – 38,053 articles
4. Sundanese (Basa Sunda) – su – 17,183 articles
5. Banyumasan (Basa Banyumasan) – map-bms – 12,937 articles
6. Buginese (Basa Ugi) – bug – 10,681 articles
7. Acehnese (Acèh) – ace – 1,677 articles
8. Banjar (Bahasa Banjar) – bjn – 1,275 articles
9. Chamorro (Chamoru) – ch – 140 articles

Semitic languages (336,215 – 1.5%)

Arabic    52.83% Hebrew    39.76% Amharic    3.45% Egyptian Arabic    2.54% Other    1.47%

1. Arabic (العربية) – ar – 177,624 articles
2. Hebrew (עברית) – he – 133,679 articles
3. Amharic (አማርኛ) – am – 11,610 articles
4. Egyptian Arabic (مصرى (Maṣrī)) – arz – 8,536 articles
5. Maltese (Malti) – mt – 2,992 articles
6. Assyrian (ܣܘܪܬ) – arc – 1,517 articles
7. Tigrinya (ትግርኛ) – ti – 257 articles

Indo-Aryan languages (311,485 – 1.4%)

Hindi    32.92% Marathi    11.53% Bishnupriya Manipuri    7.95% Bengali    7.52% Western Panjabi    7.54% Gujarati    7.08% Nepali    6.55% Urdu    5.78% Other    11.65%

1. Hindi (हिन्दी) – hi – 102,554 articles
2. Marathi (मराठी) – mr – 35,913 articles
3. Bishnupriya Manipuri (বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী) – bpy – 24,765 articles
4. Bengali (বাংলা) – bn – 23,436 articles
5. Western Panjabi (پنجابی) – pnb – 23,488 articles
6. Gujarati (ગુજરાતી) – gu – 22,058 articles
7. Nepali (नेपाली) – ne – 20,401 articles
8. Urdu (اردو) – ur – 18,013 articles
9. Fiji Hindi – hif – 9,212 articles
10. Sanskrit (संस्कृतम्) – sa – 7,570 articles
11. Sinhalese (සිංහල) – si – 6,691 articles
12. Divehi (ދިވެހިބަސް) – dv – 3,618 articles
13. Punjabi (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) – pa – 3,373 articles
14. Pali (पालि) – pi – 2,799 articles
15. Bihari (भोजपुरी) – bh – 2,709 articles
16. Oriya (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) – or – 2,545 articles
17. Assamese (অসমীয়া) – as – 1,223 articles
18. Romani (रोमानी) – rmy – 524 articles
19. Sindhi (سنڌي، सिनधि) – sd – 355 articles
20. Kashmiri (कश्मीरी / كشميري) – ks – 238 articles

Iranian languages (267,687 – 1.2%)

Persian    71.43% Kurdish    6.78% Zazaki    6.13% Tajik    3.81% Ossetian    3.24% Gilaki    2.23% Soranî    2.22% Mazanderani    2.83% Pashto    1.33%

1. Persian (فارسی) – fa – 191,197 articles
2. Kurdish (Kurdî / كوردی) – ku – 18,155 articles
3. Zazaki – diq – 16,401 articles
4. Tajik (Тоҷикӣ) – tg – 10,190 articles
5. Ossetian (Ирон æвзаг) – os – 8,679 articles
6. Gilaki (گیلکی) – glk – 5,967 articles
7. Soranî (سۆرانی‎) – ckb – 5,940 articles
8. Mazanderani (مازرونی) – mzn – 7,585 articles
9. Pashto (پښتو) – ps – 3,573 articles

Philippine languages (230,007 – 1%)

Waray-Waray    47.91% Tagalog    24.14% Cebuano    18.64% Kapampangan    3.25% Central Bikolano    2.34% Ilokano    2.22% Pangasinan    1.49%

1. Waray-Waray (Winaray) – war – 110,204 articles
2. Tagalog (Wikang Tagalog) – tl – 55,528 articles
3. Cebuano (Sinugboanon) – ceb – 42,868 articles
4. Kapampangan – pam – 7,486 articles
5. Bikol – bcl – 5,385 articles
6. Ilokano – ilo – 5,106 articles
7. Pangasinan – pag – 3,430 articles

Ugric languages (217,304 – 1%)

1. Hungarian (Magyar) – hu – 217,304 articles

Baltic languages (206,592 – 0.9%)

Lithuanian    73.01% Latvian    20.24% Samogitian    6.39% Latgalian    0.35%

1. Lithuanian (Lietuvių) – lt – 150,840 articles
2. Latvian (Latviešu) – lv – 41,817 articles
3. Samogitian (Žemaitėška) – bat-smg – 13,210 articles
4. Latgalian (Latgaļu) – ltg – 725 articles

Korean language (200,666 – 0.9%)

1. Korean (한국어) – ko – 200,666 articles

Basque language (134,547 – 0.6%)

1. Basque (Euskara) – eu – 134,547 articles

Dravidian languages (131,975 – 0.6%)

Telugu    38.04% Tamil    35.19% Malayalam    17.98% Kannada    8.79%

1. Telugu (తెలుగు) – te – 50,201 articles
2. Tamil (தமிழ்) – ta – 46,438 articles
3. Malayalam (മലയാളം) – ml – 23,732 articles
4. Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) – kn – 11,604 articles

Celtic languages (109,642 – 0.5%)

Breton    38.59% Welsh    33.09% Irish    13.36% Scottish Gaelic    9.12% Manx    3.64% Cornish    2.2%

1. Breton (Brezhoneg) – br – 42,306 articles
2. Welsh (Cymraeg) – cy – 36,283 articles
3. Irish (Gaeilge) – ga – 14,648 articles
4. Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) – gd – 10,002 articles
5. Manx (Gaelg/Gailck) – gv – 3,989 articles
6. Cornish (Kernewek) – kw – 2,414 articles

Tibeto-Burman languages (90,416 – 0.4%)

Nepal Bhasa    76.84% Burmese    16.78% Tibetan    6.17% Dzongkha    0.19%

1. Nepal Bhasa / Newari (नेपाल भाषा) – new – 69,476 articles
2. Burmese (မ္ရန္မာစာ) – my – 15,171 articles
3. Tibetan (བོད་ཡིག) – bo – 5,582 articles
4. Dzongkha (རྫོང་ཁ) – dz – 171 articles
5. Sichuan Yi (ꆇꉙ) – ii – 16 articles (locked)

Tai languages (75,270 – 0.3%)

1. Thai (ไทย) – th – 73,847 articles
2. Lao (ລາວ) – lo – 818 articles
3. Zhuang (Sawcuengh) – za – 605 articles

Hellenic languages (73,427 – 0.3%)

1. Greek (Ελληνικά) – el – 73,087 articles
2. Pontic (Ποντιακά) – pnt – 340 articles

Kartvelian languages (59,068 – 0.3%)

Georgian    96.22% Mingrelian    3.78%

1. Georgian (ქართული) – ka – 56,834 articles
2. Mingrelian (მარგალური) – xmf – 2,234 articles

Romance-based Pidgins and Creoles (55,347 – 0.3%)

Haitian Creole    76.84% Chavacano    16.78% Papiamento    6.17%

1. Haitian (Krèyol ayisyen) – ht – 53,151 articles
2. Chavacano de Zamboanga – cbk-zam – 944 articles
3. Papiamento – pap – 1,252 articles

Albanian language (41,404 – 0.2%)

1. Albanian language (Shqip) – sq – 41,404 articles

Bornean languages (37,498 – 0.2%)

1. Malagasy – mg – 37,498 articles

Bantoid languages (32,348 – 0.1%)

Swahili    73.19% Lingala    5.62% Kinyarwanda    5.59% Shona    2.78% Kongo    2.1% Northern Sotho    1.76% Zulu    1.69% Tswana    1.52% Swati    1.12% Other    2.51%

1. Swahili (Kiswahili) – sw – 23,676 articles
2. Lingala (Lingála) – ln – 1,818 articles
3. Kinyarwanda – rw – 1,808 articles
4. Shona (ChiShona) – sn – 900 articles
5. Kongo (KiKongo) – kg – 678 articles
6. Northern Sotho (Sesotho sa Leboa) – nso – 568 articles
7. Zulu (isiZulu) – zu – 547 articles
8. Tswana (Setswana) – tn – 491 articles
9. Swati (Siswati) – ss – 361 articles
10. Venda (Tshivenda) – ve – 190 articles
11. Tsonga (Xitsonga) – ts – 195 articles
12. Kirundi – rn – 183 articles
13. Luganda – lg – 163 articles
14. Tumbuka (chiTumbuka) – tum – 151 articles
15. Sesotho – st – 145 articles
16. Xhosa (isiXhosa) – xh – 139 articles
17. Chichewa (Chi–Chewa) – ny – 140 articles
18. Kikuyu (Gĩkũyũ) – ki – 169 articles
19. Ndonga (Otshiwambo) – ng – 21 articles (locked)
20. Kwanyama (Oshikwanyama) – kj – 5 articles (locked)
21. Herero (Otsiherero) – hz – 0 articles (locked)

Yoruboid languages (29,948 – 0.1%)

1. Yorùbá – yo – 29,948 articles

Armenian language (25,742 – 0.12%)

1. Armenian (Հայերեն) – hy – 25,742 articles

Quechuan languages (16,945 – 0.08%)

1. Quechua (Runa Simi) – qu – 16,945 articles

Polynesian languages (11,804 – 0.05%)

Maori    59.45% Hawaiian    15.6% Tongan    13.96% Tahitian    7.42% Samoan    3.56%

1. Maori (Māori) – mi – 7,018 articles
2. Hawaiian (Hawai`i) – haw – 1,842 articles
3. Tongan (faka Tonga) – to – 1,648 articles
4. Tahitian (Reo Mā`ohi) – ty – 876 articles
5. Samoan (Gagana Samoa) – sm – 420 articles

Mongolic languages (9,670 – 0.04%)

Mongolian    78.47% Kalmyk    18.99% Buryat    2.54%

1. Mongolian (Монгол) – mn – 7,588 articles
2. Kalmyk (Хальмг) – xal – 1,836 articles
3. Buryat (буряад хэлэн) – bxr – 246 articles

Uto-Aztecan languages (8,342 – 0.04%)

1. Nahuatl (Nāhuatlahtōlli) – nah – 8,342 articles

Northeast Caucasian languages (4,551 – 0.021%)

Chechen    35.16% Lak    26.17% Avar    22.37% Lezgian    16.3%

1. Chechen (Нохчийн) – ce – 1,600 articles
2. Lak (Лакку) – lbe – 1,191 articles
3. Avar (Авар) – av – 1,018 articles
4. Lezgian (Лезги) – lez – 742 articles

Germanic-based Pidgins and Creoles (2,830 – 0.01%)

Tok Pisin    42.3% Sranan Tongo    30.49% Bislama    14.35% Norfuk/Pitkern    12.86%

1. Tok Pisin – tpi – 1,197 articles
2. Sranan Tongo – srn – 863 articles
3. Bislama – bi – 406 articles
4. Norfuk/Pitkern – pih – 364 articles

Cushitic languages (2,641 – 0.012%)

1. Somali (af Soomaali) – so – 2,396 articles
2. Oromo (Afaan Oromoo) – om – 239 articles
3. Afar – aa – 6 articles (locked)

Athabaskan languages (2,369 – 0.011%)

1. Navajo (Diné bizaad) – nv – 2,369 articles

Eskimo-Aleut languages (2,323 – 0.011%)

Greenlandic    67.5% Inupiat    15.97% Inuktitut    16.53%

1. Greenlandic (Kalaallisut) – kl – 1,568 articles
2. Inupiat (Inupiatun / Iñupiaq) – ik – 371 articles
3. Inuktitut (ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ) – iu – 384 articles

Aymaran languages (2,220 – 0.01%)

1. Aymara (Aymar aru) – ay – 2,220 articles

Tupian languages (1,649 – 0.007%)

1. Guaraní (Avañe'e) – gn – 1,649 articles

Northwest Caucasian languages (1,602 – 0.007%)

1. Abkhazian (Аҧсуа) – ab – 789 articles
2. Kabardian (Адыгэбзэ) – kbd – 813 articles

Atlantic languages (1,256 – 0.006%)

1. Wolof – wo – 1,117 articles
2. Fula (Fulfulde) – ff – 139 articles

A priori Constructed languages (1,106 – 0.005%)

1. Lojban – jbo – 1,106 articles

Berber languages (1,065 – 0.005%)

1. Kabyle (Taqbaylit) – kab – 1,065 articles

Micronesian languages (695 – 0.003%)

1. Nauruan (Dorerin Naoero) – na – 685 articles
2. Marshallese (Ebon) – mh – 10 articles (locked)

Igboid languages (689 – 0.003%)

1. Igbo – ig – 689 articles

Timor-Babar languages (655 – 0.003%)

1. Tetum (Tetun) – tet – 655 articles

Kwa languages (579 – 0.003%)

1. Ewe (Eʋegbe) – ee – 288 articles
2. Akan – ak – 158 articles
3. Twi – tw – 133 articles

Iroquoian languages (443 – 0.002%)

1. Cherokee (ᏣᎳᎩ) – chr – 443 articles

Mande languages (388 – 0.002%)

1. Bambara (Bamanakan) – bm – 388 articles

Algonquian languages (532 – 0.002%)

1. Cheyenne (Tsetsêhestâhese) – chy – 364 articles
2. Cree (Nēhiyaw / ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ) – cr – 168 articles

Chadic languages (274 – 0.001%)

1. Hausa (هَوُسَ) – ha – 274 articles

Ubangian languages (183 – 0.001%)

1. Sango (Sängö) – sg – 183 articles

East Fijian languages (149 – 0.001%)

1. Fijian (Na Vosa Vakaviti) – fj – 149 articles

Muskogean languages (17 – 0%)

1. Choctaw (Chahta) – cho – 15 articles (locked)
2. Creek (Muskoke) – mus – 2 articles (locked)

Papuan Tip languages (3 – 0%)

1. Hiri Motu – ho – 3 articles (locked)

Nilo-Saharan languages (1 – 0%)

1. Kanuri – kr – 1 articles (locked)

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