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- ↑ Skhosana, Philemon Buti (2009). The Linguistic Relationship between Southern and Northern Ndebele (PDF) (DLitt thesis). University of Pretoria. hdl: 2263/28563 .
- ↑ "SiNdebele saseNyakatho". Northern Ndebele. 2017-06-09. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
- ↑ "South African Languages | Northern Ndebele". Salanguages.com. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
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