Canichana language
Canichana | |
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Region | Bolivia |
Extinct | ca. 2000 |
Tequiraca–Canichana?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
caz |
Glottolog |
cani1243 [1] |
Canichana, or Canesi, is a possible language isolate of Bolivia (department Beni). In 1991 there were 500 Canichana people, but only 20 spoke the Canichana language; by 2000 the ethnic population was 583, but the language was extinct.
See also
References
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Canichana". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
External links
- (in French) La Langue Kaničana
- Lenguas de Bolivia (online edition)
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