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References
 | Wiktionary has a word list at Appendix:Katembri word list |
- 1 2 Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages . Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ↑ Bandeira, Maria de Lourdes. 1972. Os Kariris de Mirandela: Um Grupo Indígena Integrado . Estudos Baianos 6. Salvador: Universidade Federal da Bahia. (Apêndice "Sobrevivência lingüística", p. 111-118; "Bibliografia", p. 169-171)
- 1 2 Métraux, Alfred. 1951. Une nouvelle langue Tapuya de la région de Bahia, (Brésil). Journal de la société des américanistes, Année 1951, Volume 40, Numéro 1. p. 51-58.