Puruhá language
| Puruhá | |
|---|---|
| Region | Ecuadoran Andes |
| Extinct | early Colonial era |
Cañari–Puruhá
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | puru1257 Puruhapuru1267 Puruguay |
Puruhá (Puruguay, Puruwá)[1] 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, though it may have been Barbacoan.[2][3] (See Cañari–Puruhá languages.)
References[]
- ^ Puruhá and Puruguai/Puruguay are synonyms per Loukotka (1968)
- ^ Loukotka, Čestmír (1968). Classification of South American Indian languages. Los Angeles: UCLA Latin American Center.
- ^ Campbell, Lyle (2012). "Classification of the indigenous languages of South America". In Grondona, Verónica; Campbell, Lyle (eds.). The Indigenous Languages of South America. The World of Linguistics. Vol. 2. Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton. pp. 59–166. ISBN 978-3-11-025513-3.
Categories:
- Chimuan languages
- Barbacoan languages
- Extinct languages of South America
- Indigenous languages of the Americas stubs