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- 1 2 N7 Marrithiyel at the Australian Indigenous Languages Database, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- ↑ Endangered Languages Project data for Marriammu.
- ↑ Endangered Languages Project data for Maridjabin.
- ↑ Endangered Languages Project data for Maridan.
- ↑ Endangered Languages Project data for Marimanindji.
- ↑ Endangered Languages Project data for Mariyedi.
- ↑ "Priority Languages Support Project". First Languages Australia. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- ↑ Green, Ian (1981). The phonology and morphology of Marrithiyel: A preliminary study. Canberra: Australian National University.