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References
- ↑ Asoa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Demolin, Didier. 1992. Le Mangbetu: etude phonétique et phonologique, 2 vols. Brussels: Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres, Université libre de Bruxelles dissertation.
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