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References
- ↑ Kasiguranin at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Robinson, Laura C.; Lobel, Jason William (2013). "The Northeastern Luzon Subgroup of Philippine Languages". Oceanic Linguistics. 52 (1): 129. doi:10.1353/ol.2013.0007. JSTOR 43286764. S2CID 143927521.
- ↑ Northeastern Luzon Subgroup of Philippine languages
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