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References
- ↑ Yangkam at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- 1 2 Blench, Roger (2019). An Atlas of Nigerian Languages (4th ed.). Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ↑ Blench, Roger. 2006. The Yangkam language of Central Nigeria and its affinities . Cambridge: Kay Williamson Educational Foundation.
- ↑ Blench, Roger. 2004. Tarok and related languages of east-central Nigeria.