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... southern vari- ant , also known as the Nanking or Lower Yangtze variant , which is spoken in northern Kiangsu and in southern and central Anhwei . Related to Mandarin are the Hunan , or Hsiang , dialect , spoken by people in central and ...
... southern vari- ant , also known as the Nanking or Lower Yangtze variant , which is spoken in northern Kiangsu and in southern and central Anhwei . Related to Mandarin are the Hunan , or Hsiang , dialect , spoken by people in central and ...
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... SOUTHERN HAN SOUTHERN HAN ANNAM ANNAM SOUTH Talo ( Hano Ta - lo ( Hanoth CHINA SOUTH CHINA SEA SEA Mekong Hainan Hainan UIGHUR KHITAN Huang He Yün ( Datong ) Liang ( Wuwei ) Northern Residency ( Taiyuan ) PERIODS OF LATER CHIN , AD 936 ...
... SOUTHERN HAN SOUTHERN HAN ANNAM ANNAM SOUTH Talo ( Hano Ta - lo ( Hanoth CHINA SOUTH CHINA SEA SEA Mekong Hainan Hainan UIGHUR KHITAN Huang He Yün ( Datong ) Liang ( Wuwei ) Northern Residency ( Taiyuan ) PERIODS OF LATER CHIN , AD 936 ...
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... Southern Hemisphere . Positive and negative signs indicate winds of opposite directional sense ( see text ) ... Southern Westerlies are stronger and more extensive than those of the Northern Hemisphere , their mean annual angular momentum ...
... Southern Hemisphere . Positive and negative signs indicate winds of opposite directional sense ( see text ) ... Southern Westerlies are stronger and more extensive than those of the Northern Hemisphere , their mean annual angular momentum ...
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