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References
- ↑ "SBS Australian Census Explorer" . Retrieved 7 May 2023.
- ↑ A86 Martu Wangka at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- 1 2 3 4 Burgman, Albert; Marsh, James; Hansen, Ken; Booth, Joshua (2005). Martu Wangka Dictionary and Topical Finderlist 2005 Draft. South Hedland, Western Australia: WANGKA MAYA Pilbara Aboriginal Language Centre. ISBN 1875946152.
- 1 2 A86 Martu Wangka at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- 1 2 Marsh, James (1992). Martu Wangka-English dictionary. Berrimah, Northern Territory, Australia: Australian Aborigines and Islanders Branch, Summer Institute of Linguistics. ISBN 086892346X.
- ↑ Wurm, Stephen A.; Mühlhäusler, Peter; Tryon, Darrell T. (11 February 2011). Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the Pacific, Asia, and the Americas (Vol I: Maps. Vol II: Texts ed.). Walter de Gruyter. pp. 101–121. ISBN 978-3-11-081972-4 . Retrieved 9 July 2024.
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