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- ↑ "Kaniet". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 2009-01-30. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
- ↑ Dunn, Michael; Reesink, Ger (2012). "Systematic Typological Comparison as a Tool for Investigating Language History". In Evans, Nicholas; Klamer, Marian (eds.). Melanesian Languages on the Edge of Asia: Challenges for the 21st Century. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. pp. 34–71. hdl: 10125/4560 . ISBN 978-0-9856211-2-4.
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