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ha_o hu_o hi_o ha_o he_o hε_n ho_o  _fw-fr nahas_n na_fw-mi nu_fw-la ni_fw-fr na_fw-mi ne_o nε_n no_o  _fw-fr alph_n a_o u._fw-mi i_o a_o e_o ε_n o_o  _fw-fr qaf_fw-mi qa_o cue_n qi_fw-it qa_o qe_o qε_n qo_o  _fw-fr wawe_z wa_o wu_n will_z wa_o we_o wε_n wo_n  _fw-fr ain_z a_o u._fw-mi i_o a_o e_o ε_n o_o  _fw-fr zai_fw-gr za_fw-es zu_fw-ge zi_fw-fr za_fw-es see_fw-mi zε_n so_o z._n french_a jaman_n ja_fw-ge ju_n ji_fw-it ja_fw-ge je_fw-fr jε_n jo_o y._n french_a dent_n da_fw-mi du_fw-ge di_fw-it da_fw-mi de_fw-fr dε_n do_v &_o english_a geml_n ga_fw-es gum_n ghi_fw-mi ga_fw-es she_fw-mi ghε_n go_v  _fw-fr tait_n ta_o tu_fw-la ti_fw-mi ta_o te_fw-mi tε_n to_o t._n eth._n pait_z ê‘a_o ê‘u_n ê‘i_fw-it ê‘a_o ê‘e_o ê‘ε_n ê‘o_o p._n eth._n zadai_n tza_fw-it tzu_n tzi_fw-fr tza_fw-it tze_fw-mi tzε_n tzo_fw-es tz._n eth._n zappa_n tza_fw-it tzu_n tzi_fw-fr tza_fw-it tze_fw-mi tzε_n tzo_fw-es tz_fw-ge eth._n of_o fa_fw-it fu_n fi_fw-la fa_fw-it fe_o fε_n foe_fw-mi  _fw-fr psa_fw-la pa_z 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stephanus_n make_v mention_n of_o these_o
damota_fw-la dewaro_n dombeja_n and_o its_o province_n enaria_n fatagara_n gafata_n gajghe_n ganna_fw-la ganz_n gidm_n gojam_n gombo_n gongha_n guraghe_n ifat_n samen_n seâ—_n sowa_n shat._n tigra_n and_o its_o prefecture_n those_o which_o be_v under_o bahrnagassus_n walaka_n wed._n tellez_n reckon_v more_o other_o he_o omit_v more_o remarkable_a province_n what_o the_o king_n of_o habessinia_n possesss_n at_o this_o day_n the_o region_n of_o which_o ethiopia_n consist_v be_v neither_o equal_o nor_o with_o the_o same_o observance_n of_o number_n but_o various_o set_v down_o most_o of_o they_o enjoy_v the_o name_n of_o the_o kingdom_n mengh_a or_o ethiopia_n in_o general_n perhaps_o because_o in_o ancient_a time_n they_o have_v their_o proper_a prince_n and_o peculiar_a law_n as_o we_o know_v that_o former_o spain_n be_v divide_v into_o several_a kingdom_n of_o the_o same_o nature_n the_o rest_n in_o the_o amharic_a dialect_n be_v call_v shumet_n prefecture_n which_o be_v not_o 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