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- ↑ "Chin, Lautu". Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
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- ↑ "Lautu Chin Baptist Church". Chin Christian Council in Australia. Archived from the original on August 14, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ↑ "Indiana Lutuv Evangelical Church, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States". Chin Baptist Churches USA. Archived from the original on July 7, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
- ↑ VanBik 2009:55
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