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+# Leipzig Gloss
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+[Typst](https://github.com/typst/typst) library for creating interlinear morpheme-by-morpheme glosses according to the
+[Leipzig glossing rules](https://www.eva.mpg.de/lingua/pdf/Glossing-Rules.pdf).
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