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- ↑ Majhwar at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forke, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2020). "Majhwar". Glottolog 4.3.
- ↑ ST-15 Scheduled Tribe By Mother Tongue (For Each Tribe Separately) - 2011