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- 1 2 Mari at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
- ↑ Global Recordings Network. "Mari language". Global Recordings Network. Retrieved 2017-02-09.
