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- ↑ Ilahiane, Hsain (2006). Historical dictionary of the Berbers (Imazighen). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-8108-5452-9.
- ↑ "Centre de Recherche Berbère - Beni Snous". www.centrederechercheberbere.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-07-21.
- ↑ Destaing, Edmond (1907). Etude sur le dialecte berbère des Beni-Snous. Paris: Ernest Leroux. p. XXVIII.
- ↑ Souag, Lameen; Kherbache, Fatma (9 June 2014). "Syntactically conditioned code-switching? The syntax of numerals in Beni-Snous Berber" (PDF). International Journal of Bilingualism. SAGE. 18 (4): 97–115. doi:10.1177/1367006914536002. ISSN 1756-6878. S2CID 144281357.
