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- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Atsahuaca". Glottolog 3.0 . Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ "Atsahuaca Pronunciation and Spelling Guide". www.native-languages.org/. Native Languages of the Americas website. 2015. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ Farabee, William Curtis (1922). Indian Tribes of Eastern Peru. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Museum. pp. 162.
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