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- ↑ Titan at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ↑ Bowern, Claire (2011). Sivisa Titan: Sketch Grammar, Texts, Vocabulary Based on Material Collected by P. Josef Meier and Po Minis. University of Hawai'i Press.
