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- ↑ Ujir at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Schapper, Antoinette (2015). "Neuter gender in the languages of Aru". Wacana. 16: 1–26. doi: 10.17510/wjhi.v16i1.364 . S2CID 145126612.
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