Cañari language
| Cañari | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Ecuador |
| Region | Ecuadoran Andes |
| Ethnicity | Cañari |
| Extinct | early Colonial era |
Barbacoan ?
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | None (mis) |
| Glottolog | cana1260 |
Cañari or Cañar is a poorly-attested extinct language of the Marañón River basin in Ecuador which is difficult to classify, apart from being apparently related to Puruhá, though it may have been Chimuan or Barbacoan. (See Cañari–Puruhá languages.) It was the original language of the Cañari people before its replacement by Kichwa and later Spanish.