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		jerkstate on Dec 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Kyawthuite is so rare it's only ever been found on... Bali also doesn’t use family names. They have a birth order name and a given name.

kyawzazaw on Dec 1, 2024 [–]

we don't do that for burmese names but you can guess the day of the birthdate from the names most of the time

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