"hoy probablemente extinta" (p. 415). "De los 404 canichanas registrados en el censo 2001, 4 personas afirmaban ser hablantes de la lengua canichana. Sin embargo, durante mi intensa busqueda de los últimos hablantes de la lengua entre 1999-2001 ... sólo encontré a tres ancianos, entre 75-80 años, que todavía se acordaban de algunas palabras y una o dos frases sueltas" (p. 418)

[Today probably extinct" (p. 415). "Of the 404 Canichanas recorded in the 2001 Census, 4 persons claimed to be speakers of the Canichana language. Yet during my intense search for the last speakers of the language in 1999-2001 ... I only found three old persons, between 75 -80 years, who still remembered some words and one or two single sentences "(p. 418)]

Data for the ethnic population comes from Adelaar (2000).
No known L1 speakers. Ethnic population: 1,550 (2001 DNPI). (2013, speakers unchanged.)