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References
- ↑ Y108 Wagaman at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Y132 Agwamin at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Y132.1 Wamin at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Y233 Wakaman at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ "SBS Australian Census Explorer" . Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ↑ Dixon, RMW (2002). Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. xxxii.
- ↑ Y78 Guugu Yalandji at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Endangered Languages Project data for Djangun.
- ↑ Endangered Languages Project data for Muluridyi.
- 1 2 Patz, Elisabeth (2002). A Grammar of the Kuku Yalanji Language of North Queensland (PDF). Pacific Linguistics 527. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. doi: 10.15144/pl-527 . hdl: 1885/146148 . ISBN 978-0-85883-534-4.