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- ↑ North Muyu (Niinati) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
South Muyu (Metomka) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) - ↑ Zahrer, Alexander. 2019. First data of Moyu, a lowland Ok language of New Guinea. 11th International Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference (APLL11), 13-15 June 2019, Leiden University.