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- ↑ Brooks, Anthony (25 January 2008). "'The Linguists': Saving the World's Languages". WBUR . Retrieved 22 February 2009.
As editor
- Davis, Wade and K. David Harrison (2008) Book of Peoples of the World: A Guide to Cultures, National Geographic, (2nd edition).
