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- ↑ Kabwa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ↑ Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
- 1 2 Overton, Rebekah; Walker, John B.; Robinson, Holly (2017a). Kabwa orthography statement. SIL International.
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