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References
- ↑ Rampi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Zobel, Erik (2020). "The Kaili–Wolio Branch of the Celebic Languages". Oceanic Linguistics. 59 (1/2). University of Hawai'i Press: 297–346. doi:10.1353/ol.2020.0014. S2CID 235064564.
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