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Jur or JUR may refer to:
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Beli may refer to:
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Jur Modo may refer to:
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References
- ↑ Jur Modo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- Persson, Andrew M. and Persson, Janet R. 1991. Mödö-English dictionary with grammar. (Bilingual Dictionaries of Sudan, 1.) 1st edn. Nairobi: Sudan: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- Persson, Janet. 2004. Bongo-Bagirmi languages in Sudan. Occasional Papers in the Study of Sudanese Languages 9. 77-84.