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- ↑ Y229 Adithinngithigh at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Sutton, Peter (2001). "Talking language". In Simpson, Jane; Nash, David; Laughren, Mary; Austin, Peter; Alpher, Barry (eds.). Forty years on: Ken Hale and Australian languages. p. 459. doi: 10.15144/PL-512.453 . hdl: 1885/146688 .