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- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Wipi language". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Evans, Nicholas (2018). "The languages of Southern New Guinea". In Palmer, Bill (ed.). The Languages and Linguistics of the New Guinea Area: A Comprehensive Guide. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 4. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 641–774. ISBN 978-3-11-028642-7.
- ↑ Anne Dondorp and Jae-Wook Shim. 2013 [1997]. Wipi Grammar Essentials. 128pp.
- ↑ SIL; Shim, Jae-Wook (September 2000). "Wipi (Gidra, Oriomo, Jibu) Language [GDR] Daru – Western Province" (PDF). Organised Phonology Data.
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