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- 1 2 Jaminjung at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ N18 Jaminjung at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- ↑ Endangered Languages Project data for Ngaliwurru.
- ↑ Schultze-Berndt 2000 , pp. 13–14
- 1 2 3 Schultze-Berndt 2000 , p. 41
General
- Schultze-Berndt, Eva F. (2000), Simple and Complex Verbs in Jaminjung - A Study of event categorisation in an Australian language, E. Schultze-Berndt, hdl:2066/147040, ISBN 90-76203-09-1 , retrieved 3 July 2021
- Marchant Jones, Judy; Bardbariya, Dolly; Raymond, Eileen; et al. (2011). Jaminjung, Ngaliwurru and Nungali plants and animals: Aboriginal flora and fauna knowledge from the Bradshaw and Judbarra/Gregory National Park area, north Australia. ISBN 978-1-921519-49-9. Wikidata Q109465956.
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