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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%86%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3" title="أنكسيمانس – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="أنكسيمانس" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimen" title="Anaksimen – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Anaksimen" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8" title="মিলেতুসের আনাক্সিমেনিস – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মিলেতুসের আনাক্সিমেনিস" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Анаксімен – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Анаксімен" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%8D%D0%BD" title="Анаксымэн – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Анаксымэн" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Анаксимен – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Анаксимен" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimen" title="Anaksimen – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Anaksimen" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anax%C3%ADmenes" title="Anaxímenes – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Anaxímenes" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximen%C3%A9s" title="Anaximenés – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Anaximenés" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximenes" title="Anaximenes – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Anaximenes" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximenes" title="Anaximenes – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Anaximenes" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximenes" title="Anaximenes – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Anaximenes" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BD%CE%B1%CE%BE%CE%B9%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82" title="Αναξιμένης – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Αναξιμένης" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximenes_of_Miletus" title="Anaximenes of Miletus – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Anaximenes of Miletus" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anax%C3%ADmenes" title="Anaxímenes – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Anaxímenes" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimeno_el_Mileto" title="Anaksimeno el Mileto – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Anaksimeno el Mileto" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximenes" title="Anaximenes – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Anaximenes" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B3" title="آناکسیمنس – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="آناکسیمنس" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaxim%C3%A8ne" title="Anaximène – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Anaximène" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anax%C3%ADmenes_de_Mileto" title="Anaxímenes de Mileto – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Anaxímenes de Mileto" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%84%EB%82%99%EC%8B%9C%EB%A9%94%EB%84%A4%EC%8A%A4" title="아낙시메네스 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="아낙시메네스" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximenes_na_Miletus" title="Anaximenes na Miletus – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Anaximenes na Miletus" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B1%D5%B6%D5%A1%D6%84%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%BD" title="Անաքսիմենես – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Անաքսիմենես" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8" title="मीलेतउस के अनाक्सिमेनेस – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="मीलेतउस के अनाक्सिमेनेस" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimen" title="Anaksimen – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Anaksimen" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximenes" title="Anaximenes – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Anaximenes" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anax%C3%ADmenes" title="Anaxímenes – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Anaxímenes" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anassimene_di_Mileto" title="Anassimene di Mileto – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Anassimene di Mileto" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%9B%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%A1" title="אנכסימנס – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אנכסימנס" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94" title="ანაქსიმენე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ანაქსიმენე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Анаксимен – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Анаксимен" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Анаксимен – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Анаксимен" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximenes" title="Anaximenes – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Anaximenes" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimens" title="Anaksimens – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Anaksimens" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximenes_vu_Milet" title="Anaximenes vu Milet – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Anaximenes vu Milet" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimenas" title="Anaksimenas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Anaksimenas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximen%C3%A9sz" title="Anaximenész – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Anaximenész" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Анаксимен – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Анаксимен" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AE%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="അനക്സിമെനിസ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="അനക്സിമെനിസ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%B2%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%85%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9D%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B8" title="ॲनॅक्झिमेनीस – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="ॲनॅक्झिमेनीस" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%A5%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94" title="ანაქსიმენე – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ანაქსიმენე" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3" title="اناكسيمينس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="اناكسيمينس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%86%D8%B3" title="اناکزیمنس – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="اناکزیمنس" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Анаксимен – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Анаксимен" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximenes" title="Anaximenes – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Anaximenes" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8A%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A1%E3%83%8D%E3%82%B9" title="アナクシメネス – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="アナクシメネス" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaximenes" title="Anaximenes – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Anaximenes" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn 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hreflang="ckb" data-title="ئاناکسیمینیس" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD" title="Анаксимен – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Анаксимен" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaksimen" title="Anaksimen – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Anaksimen" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a 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