Cañari (Cañar, Kanyari) and Puruhá (Puruguay, Puruwá) are two poorly-attested

extinct languages of the Marañón River basin The Marañón River basin, at a low point in the Andes which made it an attractive location for trade between the Inca Empire and the Amazon basin, once harbored numerous languages which have been poorly attested or not attested at all. Those of ...

in Ecuador that are difficult to classify. Puruhá is scarcely attested, and Cañari is known primarily from placenames. Loukotka (1968) suggests they may have been related instead to Mochica (Yunga) in a family called Chimuan, but Adelaar (2004:397) thinks it is more likely that they were

Barbacoan languages Barbacoan (also Barbakóan, Barbacoano, Barbacoana) is a language family spoken in Colombia and Ecuador. Genealogical relations The Barbacoan languages may be related to the Páez language. Barbacoan is often connected with the Paezan language ...

. (See

Varieties

Cañari and Puruhá: *

Cañari The Cañari (in Kichwa: Kañari) are an indigenous ethnic group traditionally inhabiting the territory of the modern provinces of Azuay and Cañar Province, Cañar in Ecuador. They are descended from the independent pre-Columbian era, pre-Colu ...

- extinct language of

Cañar Province Cañar () is a province in Ecuador. The capital is Azogues. At the time of census 2010 the province had a population of 225,184. It contains the 16th-century ruins of Ingapirca, the best-known Inca settlement in Ecuador and a product of their ...

, Ecuador * Puruhá or Puruguai - extinct language once spoken in

Chimborazo Province Chimborazo () is a province in the central Ecuadorian Andes. It is a home to a section of Sangay National Park. The capital is Riobamba. The province contains Chimborazo (6,267 m), Ecuador's highest mountain. Cantons The province is divided ...

and

Bolívar Province Bolívar Province may refer to: * Bolívar Province, Bolivia * Bolívar Province, Ecuador *Bolívar Province, Peru The Bolívar Province is a Peruvian Provinces of Peru, province located in the La Libertad Region. It is one of the twelve provinces ...

, Ecuador "Northern Chimú" varieties listed by Loukotka (1968) are given below. All are unattested except for Huancavilca and Manabí. *Ayahuaca - extinct language spoken in the Conquest days on the Quiros River and around the city of Ayahuaca, department of Piura; now Quechuanized. *Calva - extinct language once spoken in

Loja Province Loja Province () is one of 24 provinces in Ecuador and shares its southern border on the west with El Oro Province, on the north with El Azuay, and on the east with Zamora-Chinchipe. Founded on its present site in 1548 by Captain Alonso de Mer ...

, Ecuador, north of the Ayahuaca tribe. *Tumbi / Tumbez - once spoken on the Tumbes River and Naranjal River,

department of Tumbes Tumbes () is a coastal department and region in northwestern Peru bordering Ecuador. Due to the region's location near the Equator it has a warm climate, with beaches that are considered among the finest in Peru. Despite its small area, the reg ...

, Peru. *Puná / Lapuna - once spoken on

Puná Island Puná Island (Spanish: ''Isla Puná''), is an island just off the coast of southern Ecuador at approximately 80 degrees west longitude and 3 degrees south latitude. It is located at the head of the Gulf of Guayaquil, south of the mouth of the Gu ...

, Ecuador. *Colonche - once spoken on the river of the same name,

Guayas Province Guayas () is a coastal province in Ecuador. It is bordered to the west by Manabí, Santa Elena, and the Pacific Ocean (as the Gulf of Guayaquil); to the east by Los Ríos, Bolívar, Chimborazo, Cañar, and Azuay; to the north by Los Río ...

, Ecuador. *Chanduy - once spoken in the Sierra Chanduy,

, Ecuador. *Tacame / Atacamez - once spoken on the Pacific coast of Esmeralda Province. *Chongon - once spoken on the Chongón River, Guayas province. *Coaque - extinct language once spoken on the coast of Ecuador from Galera to the mouth of the

Jama River The Jama River is a river of Ecuador in Manabí Province Manabí () is a province in Ecuador. Its capital is Portoviejo. The province is named after the Manabí people. Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: *Mestiz ...

. *Manabí / Manta - extinct language of

Manabí Province Manabí () is a province in Ecuador. Its capital is Portoviejo. The province is named after the Manabí people. Demographics Ethnic groups as of the Ecuadorian census of 2010: *Mestizo 66.7% * Montubio 19.2% * Afro-Ecuadorian 6.0% *White ...

. *Huancavilca - extinct language spoken in

around

Guayaquil , motto = Por Guayaquil Independiente en, For Independent Guayaquil , image_map = , map_caption = , pushpin_map = Ecuador#South America , pushpin_re ...

and on the

Daule River The Daule River is a river in Ecuador, in Guayas Province. At Guayaquil, it joins the Babahoyo River; from that point the confluence becomes the Guayas River. Cities along the river *Pichincha, Ecuador * Balzar * Colimes * Palestina * Santa Lu ...

and Yaguachi River.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Canari-Puruha Languages Chimuan languages Barbacoan languages Extinct languages of South America Proposed language families