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- ↑ Bowern, C. 2012 "A Grammar of Bardi". Berlin: Mouton
- ↑ McKenzie, Vincent (13 August 2019). "Education is the key to keeping Bardi language and culture strong". Life. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ↑ McGregor, W and B Stokes. Classifying the Nyulnyulan languages. in N. Evans (ed) "The Non-Pama-Nyungan Languages of Northern Australia" Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, 2003
- ↑ "Priority Languages Support Project". First Languages Australia. Archived from the original on 13 January 2020. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
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