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- ↑ Alago at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Agbo, J. O. (1984). "Alago-Jukun relations: a process of state elaboration". Nigeria Magazine (150): 48–51.
- ↑ "Alago: Keana language". globalrecordings.net. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
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