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643:Gong chimes
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500:tube zither
440:ααααααα ααΌα
407:) - fiddle
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1296:Kong chmol
1286:Kong thom
1219:Xylophones
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913:Sovichet.
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1379:Skor daey
1369:Skor thom
1348:Skor yeam
1301:Kong nyee
1291:Kong mong
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220:ααααααααα
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888:See also
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717:Kong mon
516:Kse diev
308:αααα‘αααΌα
264:jaw harp
248:Angkuoch
143:Khloy ek
110:Woodwind
58:Cambodia
1517:Pey pok
1399:Fiddles
1353:Samphor
1169:Vietnam
1129:Myanmar
1054:of Asia
882:Chinese
860:Sindang
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