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- ↑ South Central Banda at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Langbashe at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ↑ Touguele, Samuel (2008). Phonologie et Morphologie de la langue ngbúgù parlée dans la Basse-Kotto en Centrafrique. Université de Yaoundé.
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