Puruhá (Puruguay, Puruwá)Puruhá and Puruguai/Puruguay are synonyms per Loukotka (1968) and Campbell (2012) is a poorly attested extinct language of the Marañón River basin in Ecuador which is difficult to classify, apart from being apparently related to

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 ...

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Barbacoan 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 languages ...

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Cañari–Puruhá languages Cañari (Cañar, Kanyari) and Puruhá (Puruguay, Puruwá) are two poorly-attested extinct languages of the Marañón River basin in Ecuador that are difficult to classify. Puruhá is scarcely attested, and Cañari is known primarily from placenam ...

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Chimuan languages Barbacoan languages Extinct languages of South America {{na-lang-stub