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- ↑ Calamian Tagbanwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Himes, Ronald S. (2006). The Kalamian Microgroup of Philippine Languages (PDF). Paper presented at the Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17–20 January 2006, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines.
- 1 2 Reid, Lawrence A. (1971). Philippine Minor Languages: Word Lists and Phonologies. University of Hawai'i Press. p. 42.
- ↑ Ruch, J. Stephen; Quakenbush, Edward (2006). Pronoun Ordering and Marking in Kalamianic (PDF). Paper presented at the Tenth International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, 17–20 January 2006, Puerto Princesa City, Palawan, Philippines. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
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