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- ↑ Yangere at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Kalck, Pierre (2005). Historical dictionary of the Central African Republic. Historical dictionaries of Africa (3. ed ed.). Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-8108-4913-6.
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