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- ↑ Ludovico Bertonio, Aymara-Spanish dictionary (transcription)
- 1 2 mincetur.gob.pe Archived 2014-02-04 at the Wayback Machine "Sitio arqueológico Merquemarka", retrieved on January 25, 2014