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Bete language may refer to:
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Bokyi may refer to:
References
- ↑ Bokyi at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ Blench, Roger (2010). "The Bendi languages: more lost Bantu languages?" (PDF). p. 2.
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