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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.

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

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.
• 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

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

На других языках

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- [en] Canichana language

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[es] Idioma canichana

El canichana es una lengua indígena, genéticamente no clasificada, de la Amazonía boliviana, que hoy se encuentra probablemente extinta. Los canichanas están asentados principalmente en la comunidad de San Pedro Nuevo, localizada en el municipio de San Javier, provincia de Cercado, en el departamento del Beni.

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[fr] Canichana

Le canichana est une langue amérindienne isolée parlée en Amazonie bolivienne, dans le département de Beni.

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[ru] Каничана

Каничана (Canichana, Kanichana) — изолированный мёртвый индейский язык, на котором раньше говорил народ каничана, проживающий в низменностях штата Бени в Боливии. По состоянию на 1991 год, насчитывалось 500 человек народа каничана, но только 20 говорили на каничана; в 2000 году было 583 человека каничана, но язык уже был мёртвым.

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