Canichana language

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Canichana
Joaquiniano
Native to	Bolivia
Region	Beni Department
Extinct	ca. 2000
Language family	Tequiraca–Canichana? Canichana
Language codes
ISO 639-3	caz
Glottolog	cani1243
ELP	Canichana
Historical distribution of the language

Canichana, or Canesi, Joaquiniano, is a possible language isolate of Bolivia (department of 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 had no L1 speakers left.

It was spoken on the Mamoré River and Machupo River.^[1]

Language contact[]

Jolkesky (2016) notes that there are lexical similarities with the Mochica language due to contact.^[2]

Vocabulary[]

Loukotka (1968) lists the following basic vocabulary items for Canichana.^[1]

gloss	Canichana
one	mereka
two	kadita
three	kaʔarxata
tooth	eu-kuti
tongue	au-cháva
hand	eu-tixle
woman	ikegahui
water	nese
fire	nichuku
moon	nimilaku
maize	ni-chuxú
jaguar	ni-xolani
house	ni-tikoxle

See also[]

• Llanos de Moxos (archaeology)

References[]

• Alain Fabre, 2005, Diccionario etnolingüístico y guía bibliográfica de los pueblos indígenas sudamericanos: KANICHANA.[1]
• de Créqui-Montfort, G.; Rivet, P. (1913). Linguistique Bolivienne: La Langue Kaničana. Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris, 18:354-377.

External links[]

Wiktionary has a word list at Appendix:Canichana word list

• (in French) La Langue Kaničana
• Lenguas de Bolivia (online edition)
• Canichana transcriptions of GlobalRecordings audio files

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