Cañari and Puruhá (Puruguay, Puruwá) are two poorly attested extinct languages of the Marañón River basin

Extinct languages of the Marañón River basin

The Marañón River basin between Peru and Ecuador, at a low point in the Andes which made it an attractive location for trade between the Inca Empire and the Amazon basin, once harbored numerous languages which have been poorly attested, or not attested at all...

 in Ecuador which are difficult to classify. Puruhá is scarcely attested, and Cañari is known primarily from place names. Loukotka (1968) suggests they may have been related instead to Mochica

Mochica language

Mochica is a Chimuan language formerly spoken along the northwest coast of Peru and in an inland village. First documented in 1607, the language was widely spoken in the area during the 17th and early 18th century...

 (Yunga) in a family called Chimuan

Chimuan languages

Chimuan or Yuncan is a hypothetical small extinct language family of northern Peru and Ecuador .-Family division:Chimuan consisted of three attested languages:* Mochica * Cañar–Puruhá** Cañari ** Puruhá...

, though Adelaar (2004:397) thinks it's more likely they were Barbacoan languages

Barbacoan languages

Barbacoan is a language family spoken in Colombia and Ecuador.-Family division:Barboacoan consists of 6 languages:*Northern* Awan...

. (See extinct languages of the Marañón River basin

Extinct languages of the Marañón River basin

The Marañón River basin between Peru and Ecuador, at a low point in the Andes which made it an attractive location for trade between the Inca Empire and the Amazon basin, once harbored numerous languages which have been poorly attested, or not attested at all...

.)