Cañari (Cañar, Kanyari) andPuruhá (Puruguay, Puruwá) are two poorly-attestedextinct languages of the Marañón River basin in Ecuador that are difficult to classify. Puruhá is scarcely attested, and Cañari is known primarily from placenames. Loukotka (1968) suggests they may have been related toMochica (Yunga) in a family calledChimuan,^[1] followed by Kaufman (1994),^[2] but Adelaar (2004:397) thinks it is more likely that they wereBarbacoan languages. (Seeextinct languages of the Marañón River basin.)

Cañari and Puruhá are the two main varieties:^[1]

• Cañari - extinct language ofCañar Province, Ecuador
• Puruhá or Puruguai - extinct language once spoken inChimborazo Province andBolívar Province, Ecuador

"Northern Chimú" varieties listed by Loukotka (1968) are given below. All are unattested except for Huancavilca and Manabí.^[1]

• Ayahuaca - extinct language spoken in the Conquest days on theQuiros River and around the city ofAyahuaca,Department of Piura; now Quechuanized.
• Calva - extinct language once spoken inLoja Province, Ecuador, north of the Ayahuaca tribe.
• Tumbi /Tumbez - once spoken on theTumbes River andNaranjal River,department of Tumbes, Peru.
• Puná /Lapuna - once spoken onPuná Island, Ecuador.
• Colonche - once spoken on the river of the same name,Guayas Province, Ecuador.
• Chanduy - once spoken in the Sierra Chanduy,Guayas Province, Ecuador.
• Tacame /Atacamez - once spoken on the Pacific coast ofEsmeralda Province.
• Chongon - once spoken on theChongón River, Guayas province.
• Coaque - extinct language once spoken on the coast of Ecuador from Galera to the mouth of theJama River.
• Manabí /Manta - extinct language ofManabí Province.
• Huancavilca - extinct language spoken inGuayas Province aroundGuayaquil and on theDaule River andYaguachi River.

• Chimuan languages
• Barbacoan languages
• Extinct languages of South America
• Proposed language families

• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata
• Families rejected by Glottolog