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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE ldml SYSTEM " 	http://www.unicode.org/cldr/dtd/1.1/ldml.dtd" 
+[
+      <!ENTITY % icu SYSTEM " http://www.unicode.org/cldr/dtd/1.1/ldmlICU.dtd"> 
+%icu;
+]
+>
+<ldml>
+	<identity>
+		<version number="2.0"/>
+		<generation date="2004-09-24" />
+		<language type="dz" /> 
+	</identity>
+	<characters>
+		<special xmlns:icu="http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/"  >
+			<icu:scripts>
+				<icu:script type="1">Tibt</icu:script>
+			</icu:scripts>
+		</special>
+	</characters>
+</ldml>