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References
- ↑ "SBS Australian Census Explorer" . Retrieved 9 January 2023.
- 1 2 Y57 Wik-Mungkan at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ "Wik-Mungkan". Ethnologue. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ↑ Sutton, Peter (1995). Wik-Ngathan Dictionary.
- 1 2 Kilham, Christine (1986). Dictionary and sourcebook of the Wik-Mungkan language.
- ↑ "Wik-Mungkan - Lexicon".
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