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References
- ↑ Lihir at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 1 2 3 4 Corbett, Greville G. (2000). Number. Cambridge textbooks in linguistics. Cambridge University Press. p. 25. ISBN 9780521649704 . Retrieved 2010-05-26.
- ↑ Neuhaus, Karl (2015). Grammar of the Lihir Language of New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Boroko, Port Moresby: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies. p. 30.
- ↑ Park, Min-ha and Shin-Hee (2003). Lihir organised phonology data. SIL.
