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Canichana language

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Region
  
Bolivia

ISO 639-3
  
caz

Extinct
  
ca. 2000

Glottolog
  
cani1243

Language family
  
Tequiraca–Canichana? Canichana

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

Canichana language Wikipedia