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- ↑ Talise at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Crowley, Susan (1986). Tolo Dictionary . Pacific Linguistics Series C - No. 91. Canberra: Dept. of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University. doi: 10.15144/PL-C91 . hdl: 1885/145398 . ISBN 0858833468.
- ↑ Tryon, Darrell T.; Hackman, B. D. (1983). Solomon Islands Languages: An Internal Classification . Canberra: Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University. ISBN 9780858832923.