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References
- 1 2 3 Loarki at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023)
Gade Lohar (duplicate code) at Ethnologue (26th ed., 2023) - ↑ Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
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