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mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%89%E0%A7%8E%E0%A6%B8:%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A7%87" title="ৱিকিউৎস:বিষয়ে – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ৱিকিউৎস:বিষয়ে" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikisource.org/wiki/Vikim%C9%99nb%C9%99:Haqq%C4%B1nda" title="Vikimənbə:Haqqında – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vikimənbə:Haqqında" 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.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%A8:%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4" title="উইকিসংকলন:বৃত্তান্ত – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিসংকলন:বৃত্তান্ত" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikizvor:O_Wikizvoru" title="Wikizvor:O Wikizvoru – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Wikizvor:O Wikizvoru" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:%C3%9Cber_Wikisource" title="Wikisource:Über Wikisource – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikisource:Über Wikisource" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:About" title="Wikisource:About – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Wikisource:About" 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.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Acerca_de" title="Wikisource:Acerca de – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikisource:Acerca de" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikisource.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%86%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%87:%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87" title="ویکینبشته:درباره – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکینبشته:درباره" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Acerca_de" title="Wikisource:Acerca de – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikisource:Acerca de" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikisource.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98:%D7%90%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA" title="ויקיטקסט:אודות – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיטקסט:אודות" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%A4:%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%AF" title="विकिस्रोत:परिचय – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिस्रोत:परिचय" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikiforr%C3%A1s:A_Wikiforr%C3%A1sr%C3%B3l" title="Wikiforrás:A Wikiforrásról – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Wikiforrás:A Wikiforrásról" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikisource.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%A4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%B6:%D4%B7%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6%D5%A8" title="Վիքիդարան:Էությունը – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիքիդարան:Էությունը" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisumber:Perihal" title="Wikisumber:Perihal – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikisumber:Perihal" 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.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikiheimild:Um_verkefni%C3%B0" title="Wikiheimild:Um verkefnið – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Wikiheimild:Um verkefnið" 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.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Sala_stampa/Wikisource" title="Wikisource:Sala stampa/Wikisource – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikisource:Sala stampa/Wikisource" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Wikisource%E3%81%AB%E3%81%A4%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6" title="Wikisource:Wikisourceについて – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikisource:Wikisourceについて" 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-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisumber:Bab" title="Wikisumber:Bab – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Wikisumber:Bab" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikisource.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%AC%B8%ED%97%8C:%EC%86%8C%EA%B0%9C" title="위키문헌:소개 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키문헌:소개" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikisource.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Викиизвор – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Викиизвор" 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.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A5%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2:%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%97%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A5%E0%B4%B6%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B1%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9A%E0%B5%8D" title="വിക്കിഗ്രന്ഥശാല:വിക്കിഗ്രന്ഥശാലയെക്കുറിച്ച് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="വിക്കിഗ്രന്ഥശാല:വിക്കിഗ്രന്ഥശാലയെക്കുറിച്ച്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisumber:Berkenaan_Wikisumber" title="Wikisumber:Berkenaan Wikisumber – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikisumber:Berkenaan Wikisumber" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikisource.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%80%80%E1%80%AE%E1%80%9B%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%99%E1%80%BC%E1%80%85%E1%80%BA:%E1%80%A1%E1%80%80%E1%80%BC%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8" title="ဝီကီရင်းမြစ်:အကြောင်း – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဝီကီရင်းမြစ်:အကြောင်း" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Over_Wikisource" title="Wikisource:Over Wikisource – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wikisource:Over Wikisource" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikikilden:Om" title="Wikikilden:Om – Norwegian" lang="no" hreflang="no" data-title="Wikikilden:Om" data-language-autonym="Norsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%B8%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%A4:%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A9%87" title="ਵਿਕੀਸਰੋਤ:ਬਾਰੇ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਿਕੀਸਰੋਤ:ਬਾਰੇ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Sobre" title="Wikisource:Sobre – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" 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