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References
- ↑ "Kannada Bible". Bible Society of India. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
- ↑ "The Bible in Kannada". Worldscriptures.org. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- ↑ Literary autobiography of C. P. Brown Charles Philip Brown, ed. Golla Narayanaswami Reddy, Bangorey - 1978 "REEVE, William (1794-1850): LMS missionary at Bellary and Bangalore: well-versed in Canarese: his Carnataca & English Dictionary appeared in 1832 (revised by D. Sanderson in 1858): along with Hands translated Bible into Canarese."
- ↑ "WatchTower publications", Watchtower publications Index (1986-2009)
