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Kompane at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ↑ Takata, Masahiro & Yuko Takata (1992). "Kola phonology". In Donald A. Burquest and Wyn D. Laidig (eds.), Descriptive studies in languages of Maluku (NUSA - Linguistic Studies of Indonesian and Other Languages in Indonesia, Vol. 34), 31-46. Jakarta: Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya.
- ↑ Takata, Yuko (1992). "Word Structure and Reduplication in Kola". In Donald A. Burquest and Wyn D. Laidig (eds.), Descriptive Studies in Languages of Maluku (NUSA - Linguistic Studies of Indonesian and Other Languages in Indonesia, Vol. 34), 47-68. Jakarta: Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya.
- ↑ Schapper, Antoinette (2015). "Neuter gender in the languages of Aru". Wacana 16(1). 1-26.
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