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- ↑ G28 Kukatj at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (see the info box for additional links)
- 1 2 G28 Kukatj at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Bowern, Claire (6 February 2012). "Master List of Australian Languages, v1.2" (Downloadable spreadsheet.). Historical and Pama-Nyungan Lab. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ↑ G27 Kalibamu at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Breen, J. G. (1992). Some problems in Kukatj phonology. Australian Journal of Linguistics 12. pp. 1–43.
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