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References
- ↑ Gurmana at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Blench, Roger (2012). "The Kainji languages of northwestern and central Nigeria" (PDF). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.