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Leti at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Mengisa (duplicate code) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- 1 2 3 Biloa, E. (2013). Syntax of Tuki : A Cartographic Approach. John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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- 1 2 Essono, Jean-Jacques [Marie] (1974). Description phonologique du tuki (ati), langue Sanaga (PDF) (masters thesis) (in French). Université de Yaoundé.
- ↑ Biloa, Edmund (1997). Functional Categories and the Syntax of Focus in Tuki. Munchen: Lincom Europa. ISBN 9783929075496.
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