Puruhá language
Extinct language
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Puruhá (Puruguay, Puruwá)[2][3] 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.[4]
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').[4]
