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- ↑ Aghu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
Central Awyu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) - ↑ "Awyu". newguineaworld. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
- ↑ van den Heuvel, Wilco (2016). Aghu: Annotated Texts With Grammatical Introduction and Vocabulary Lists. A-PL 33. Canberra: Australian National University. hdl: 1885/111412 . ISBN 9781922185358.
