Canichana language

Canichana
Region	Bolivia
Extinct	ca. 2000
Language family	Tequiraca–Canichana? Canichana
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.

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Canichana". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: KANICHANA.

External links

Lenguas de Bolivia (online edition)

Languages of Bolivia

National language	Spanish

Indigenous languages	Araona Aymara Baure Bésiro Canichana Cavineño Cayubaba Chácobo Chimán Chipaya Ese Ejja Guarasuawe Guaraní Guarayu Itonama Leco Kallawaya Machineri Maropa Mojeño Moré Mosetén Movima Pacawara Puquina Quechua Sirionó Tacana Tapieté Toromona Weenhayek Yaminawa Yuki Yuracaré Zamuco

Sign languages	Bolivian Sign Language

Italics indicate extinct languages still recognized by the Bolivian constitution.

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