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References
- 1 2 Mono at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Dama at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) - ↑ Endangered Languages Project data for Dama.
- 1 2 3 Binam Bikoi, Charles, ed. (2012). Atlas linguistique du Cameroun (ALCAM)[Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon]. Atlas linguistique de l'Afrique centrale (ALAC) (in French). Vol. 1: Inventaire des langues. Yaoundé: CERDOTOLA. ISBN 9789956796069.
- Blench, Roger and Stefan Elders. A wordlist of Mono, a highly endangered Adamawa language of Cameroun.
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