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References
- 1 2 Wulna at Ethnologue (16th ed., 2009)
- 1 2 N29 Wulna at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- 1 2 AIATSIS (26 July 2019). "N29: Wuna". AUSTLANG. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
- ↑ "Vocabulary of the Woolner District Dialect, Adelaide River, Northern Territory' by John W. O. Bennett, annotated by Paul Foelsche | Indigenous Languages". indigenous.sl.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
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