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References
- ↑ Kobo at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ SIL International Literacy Department 2019.
Works cited
- SIL International Literacy Department (2019). "Olʉfabe lwékɨkobo - alphabet kɨkobo" (in Kobo and French).
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