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Tequiraca–Canichana
Tequiraca–Canichana
(controversial)
Geographic; distribution	Bolivia, Peru
Linguistic classification	Proposed language family
Subdivisions	Tequiraca; Canichana;
Language codes
Glottolog	None

Tequiraca–Canichana is a possible language family proposed in Kaufman (1994) uniting two erstwhile language isolates, Canichana of Bolivia and Tequiraca of Peru, both of which are either extinct or nearly so.^[1] The proposal is not included in Campbell (2012).^[2]

Vocabulary

Below is a comparison of selected basic vocabulary items in Aiwa (Tequiraca) and Canichana.

gloss	Aiwa^[3]^[4]	Canichana^[5]
head	ˈhuti	eu-cucu
eye	jaˈtuk	eu-tot
ear	ʃuˈɾala	eu-comete
breast	aˈkiʃ	ee-meni
person	aˈʔɨwa	enacu
tree	ˈau	ni-yiga
leaf	iˈɾapi	em-tixle
fire	asˈkʷãwa 'cooking fire'	ni-chucu
stone	nuˈklahi	ni-cumchi
earth	ahulˈtaʔ	ni-chix
eat	iˈtakʷas	alema
I	kun	oxale
you	kin	inahali

References

^ Kaufman, Terrence. (1994). The native languages of South America. In C. Mosley & R. E. Asher (Eds.), Atlas of the world's languages (pp. 46–76). London: Routledge.
^ 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 9783110255133.
^ Michael, Lev and Christine Beier. 2012. Phonological sketch and classification of Aʔɨwa [ISO 639: ash]. Paper presented at the 2012 Winter meeting of the Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA), Portland, OR, January 6, 2012.
^ Villarejo, Avencio. 1959. La selva y el hombre. Editorial Ausonia.
^ Crevels, Mily (2012). Canichana. In: Mily Crevels and Pieter Muysken (eds.) Lenguas de Bolivia, volume 2: Amazonía, 415-449. La Paz: Plural editores.