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- ↑ Franz Galich, ¿Existe una literatura indígena en Guatemala? Archived 2009-03-23 at the Wayback Machine . Accessed March 08, 2009
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- ↑ Luis Enrique Sam-Colop, Jub'aqtun Omay Kuchum K'aslemal, Cinco siglos de encumbrimento. Series Seminario Permanente de Estudios Mayas, No. 1. Cholsamaj, Guatemala (1991). 42 pages, in Spanish.
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