Puruhá language

Puruhá (Puruguay, Puruwá)^[1][2] is a poorly attested extinct language of the Marañón River basin in Ecuador which is difficult to classify, apart from being apparently related to Cañari, though it may have been Barbacoan. A grammar was reportedly written in the late 17th century; it appears to have been lost.

Puruhá
Puruguay
Native to	Ecuador
Region	Chimborazo Province
Extinct	early Colonial era
Language family	Cañari–Puruhá Puruhá
Language codes
ISO 639-3	None (mis)
Glottolog	puru1257  Puruha puru1267  Puruguay

Proper names

Family names frequently end in -cela or -lema, sich as Duchicela, the family of Atahualpa's mother Paccha Duchicela, and Daquilema, the surname of 19th-century rebel Fernando Daquilema. Endings of place names include -shi (e.g. Pilligshi), -tus (e.g. Guasuntús), and -bug (e.g. Tulubug). Some complex endings are -cahuan, -calpi, -tactu, which can occur with Quechua roots, as in Supaycahuan (Quechua supay 'devil').^[3]

See also

• Cañari–Puruhá languages