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+# Contributors
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+Name | GitHub user | Description | Role
+--- | --- | --- | ---
+Johanna Nichols | | study author, collected data | Author
+Johannes Englisch | @johenglisch | CLDF conversion | Other
+Martin Haspelmath | @haspelmath | Editor | Other
+