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- 1 2 Hölzl, Andreas; Payne, Thomas E. (2022). Tungusic languages: past and present. Berlin: Language Science Press. ISBN 978-3-96110-395-9. OCLC 1356978751.
- ↑ Perekhvalskaya, Elena (2022). "From consonant to tone: Laryngealized and pharyngealized vowels in Udihe". In Hölzl, Andreas; Payne, Thomas E. (eds.). Tungusic languages: past and present. Berlin: Language Science Press. pp. 227–263. ISBN 978-3-96110-395-9. OCLC 1356978751.