Caranqui language

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Caranqui
Cara, Imbaya (Imbabura)
Native to	Cara culture
Region	Ecuador
Extinct	18th century?
Language family	Barbacoan? Southern? Caranqui
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (`mis`)
Glottolog	`imba1237` Imbabura `kara1506` Kara

Caranqui or Cara (Kara) is an extinct, probably Barbacoan language of Ecuador.^[1] Caranqui was replaced by Quechua, perhaps surviving as late as the 18th century. It seems in turn to have influenced Imbabura Quechua. There are similarities between Caranqui and the Barbacoan languages Pasto and Tsafiki, so Caranqui is often classified as Barbacoan, but the evidence is not conclusive due its poor documentation.^[2]

References

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↑ Adelaar, Willem F. H.; Muysken, Pieter (2004). The languages of the Andes. Cambridge language surveys. Cambridge, UK New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-511-48685-2.
↑ Mason, J. Alden (1950). "The Languages of South American Indians". In Steward, Julian H. (ed.). Handbook of South American Indians (PDF). Physical Anthropology, Linguistics, and Cultural Geography of South American Indians. Vol. 6. Washington: United States Government Printing Office. p. 184.

Barbacoan languages

Northern

Coconucan	Coconuco Guambiano Guanáca ? Totoro
Other	Awa Pit Pasto Muellamués

Southern

Cañari–Puruhá ?

Cañari
Puruhá

Italics indicate extinct languages

Languages of Ecuador

Official languages

Indigenous languages

Barbacoan	Awa Pit Cha'palaachi Tsafiki Caranqui Pasto
Canari-Puruhá ?	Cañari Puruhá
Tucanoan	Secoya Siona Tetete
Chicham	Shuar Shiwiar–Achuar Palta ?
Zaparoan	Záparo
Isolates	Cofán Esmeraldeño Wao Terero
Unclassified	Huancavilca Panzaleo