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Probability distributions of grapheme frequencies in Irish and Manx

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Probability distributions of grapheme frequencies in Irish and Manx. / Wilson, Andrew.
In: Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, Vol. 20, No. 3, 07.2013, p. 169-177.

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Wilson, A 2013, 'Probability distributions of grapheme frequencies in Irish and Manx', Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 169-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/09296174.2013.799919

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Wilson, A. (2013). Probability distributions of grapheme frequencies in Irish and Manx. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics, 20(3), 169-177. https://doi.org/10.1080/09296174.2013.799919

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Wilson A. Probability distributions of grapheme frequencies in Irish and Manx. Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 2013 Jul;20(3):169-177. Epub 2013 Jul 4. doi: 10.1080/09296174.2013.799919

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Wilson, Andrew. / Probability distributions of grapheme frequencies in Irish and Manx. In: Journal of Quantitative Linguistics. 2013 ; Vol. 20, No. 3. pp. 169-177.

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