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- ↑ "Botswana Ethnic Groups". Study.com. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
- ↑ Parsons, Neil (25 Feb 1998) "The Abandonment of Phalatswe, 1901–1916", University of Botswana History Department, Retrieved 2 Jan 2006
- ↑ "African dialect uses unexpected sound" (31 Oct 1998) Science News, Retrieved 3 Jan 2006
