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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <alllinks alcontinue="Be-x-old:Шаблён:Інфармацыя_пра_мову" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <alllinks>
      <l ns="0" title="Bangla constructions log" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bangla constructions log page" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bangla constructions.pdf" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bantu Bibliography" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bare Nominalizations in Norwegian" />
      <l ns="0" title="Ba:Ҡалып:Тел" />
      <l ns="0" title="Benefactive" />
      <l ns="0" title="Benefactive SVCs in Mandarin Chinese" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bengali Constructions" />
      <l ns="0" title="Bergen" />
    </alllinks>
  </query>
</api>