Canichana language
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| Canichana | |
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| Spoken in | Bolivia |
| Native speakers | (extinct) (date missing) |
| Language family |
Tequiraca–Canichana?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | caz |
Canichana, or Canesi, is a possible language isolate of Bolivia (department Beni). As of 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.
[edit] References
- Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: KANICHANA.[1]
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