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            <issn>1897-1059</issn>
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                                    <article-title>On Chinese Āhōng 阿訇</article-title>
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                            <name>
                                <surname>Knüppel</surname>
                                <given-names>Michael</given-names>
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                        <institution>Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, Shandong,  People&#039;s Republic of China</institution>
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                                    <corresp id="cor-1">Correspondence to: Michael Knüppel <email>michaelknueppel@gmx.net</email></corresp>
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                            <pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2020-03-24">
                    <day>24</day>
                    <month>03</month>
                    <year>2020</year>
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            <volume>Volume 137, Issue 1</volume>
            <issue>2020</issue>
                        <fpage>83</fpage>
                                    <lpage>84</lpage>
            
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                                    <copyright-year>2020</copyright-year>
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        &lt;p&gt;The miscellanea deals with the use of the title of / address to Imāms, &lt;em&gt;Ā&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;h&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;ō&lt;/em&gt;&lt;em&gt;ng &lt;/em&gt;(阿訇), among China’s Hui Muslims. The title/address of Persian origin is used by different groups of speakers in various ways of pronounciation.&lt;/p&gt;
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