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References
- 1 2 K37.1 Gajirrabeng at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Gajirrabeng". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ "Language: Gajirrabeng". World Loanword Database. Max Planck Society. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
- McGregor, William (2004). The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia. London, New York: Taylor & Francis.
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