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- ↑ Tegel, Simeon (2023-06-23). "The race to extract an Indigenous language from its last lucid speaker". The Washington Post . Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ↑ "Indigenous Communities from Peru". Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
- ↑ "Uncontacted Amazon Indians in Peru".
- ↑ Tegel, Simeon (2023-06-23). "The race to extract an Indigenous language from its last lucid speaker". The Washington Post . Retrieved 2023-07-05.
- ↑ "Resolución Ministerial N° 163-2018-MINEDU - Ministerio de Educación del Perú (in Spanish)".
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