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- ↑ Alcina, Ignacio Francisco (2002). Kobak, Cantius; Gutiérrez, Lucio (eds.). History of the Bisayan People in the Philippine Islands. Evangelization and Culture at the Contact Period (Historia de La Islas e Indios de Bisayas... 1668). Vol. 1. Manila: UST Publishing House. pp. 78–79.
- ↑ Zorc, R. David Paul (1977). The Bisayan Dialects of the Philippines: Subgrouping and Reconstruction . Pacific Linguistics, Series C – No. 44. Canberra: Australian National Univiversity. doi: 10.15144/PL-C44 .
- ↑ Carabio-Sexon, Minda. 2007. “Bantayanon: A Lexical Comparison and Sociolinguistic Description.” Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology.