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{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Foi Swadesh List. The Rosetta Project.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ↑ Niles, Don; Weiner, James F. (2015), "Introduction:: Foi Songs and the Performance, Publication, and Poetry of Papua New Guinea Sung Traditions", Songs of the Empty Place, The Memorial Poetry of the Foi of the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea, ANU Press, pp. xv–l, ISBN 978-1-925022-22-3, JSTOR j.ctt16wd0gx.6
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Franklin, Karl J. (2001). "Kutubuan (Foe and Fasu) and Proto Engan". In Andrew, Pawley; Malcolm, Ross; Darrell, Tryon (eds.). The boy from Bundaberg: Studies in Melanesian linguistics in honour of Tom Dutton (PDF). Pacific Linguistics. Vol. 514. The Australian National University. pp. 143–154. doi:10.15144/PL-514.
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