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- ↑ Geba at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Shee, Naw Hsar (2008). A Descriptive Grammar of Geba Karen. Payap University. p. 43.
- Naw, Hsar Shee. 2008. A Descriptive Grammar of Geba Karen Archived 2018-06-12 at the Wayback Machine . Master's thesis, Payap University.
