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- 1 2 Resolução n.º 48/2005 (Boletim Oficial da República de Cabo Verde – 2005)
- ↑ O caboverdiano em 45 lições (Veiga, Manuel – 2002)
- ↑ Proposta de Bases do Alfabeto unificado para a Escrita do Cabo-verdiano (Grupo para a padronização do alfabeto; Praia: IIPC, 2006)
- ↑ Proposed Criteria of the Unified Alphabet for the Capeverdean writing system Archived 2007-09-21 at the Wayback Machine - funana.org
- 1 2 3 Decreto-Lei n.º 67/98 (Boletim Oficial da República de Cabo Verde – 1998)
- ↑ Decreto-Lei n.º 67/98 (published in the Boletim Oficial da República de Cabo Verde – 1998)
- ↑ Decreto-Lei n.º 8/2009 (published in the Boletim Oficial da República de Cabo Verde No. 11 of 16 March 2009, pages 74–76)