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- ↑ Ubang at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ "Bendi languages". www.rogerblench.info. Retrieved 2017-07-31.
- 1 2 3 Yemisi, Adegoke (23 August 2018). "Ubang: The Nigerian village where men and women speak different languages". BBC. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
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