Cañari

The Canary ( kanar, Cañari, Cañar ) are an indigenous people of the Ecuadorian province of Cañar, which is named after them, as well as in the province of Azuay.

Of significance is the metal processing (copper, bronze and gold ) and the pottery of the Canary.

Capital of the empire of the Canary before the Inca period was Hatun kanar ( "Greater kanar " ), the present ruins of Ingapirca ( Inkapirka, " Inca wall" ). The Canary were the expansion of the Inca empire into what is now Ecuador end of the 15th century in the way. Only after heavy resistance they were overthrown in bloody fighting around the year 1480 in the Canary village Guapondelig of the army of the Inca ruler Tupac Yupanqui ( Tupaq Yupanki ) and the area of ​​the Inca Empire. So it is no wonder that the Canary were particularly of the forced relocation ( going to participate ) affected by the Incas. Canary settlers left their mark, for example, in the department of Lambayeque in Peru, where a district Cañaris means. In place of the destroyed village Guapondelig the Incas built the city Tumipampa, probably during the war of succession between Huascar ( Waskar ) and Atahualpa ( Atawallpa ) was destroyed and in its place now stands the city of Cuenca. The Canary supported Waskar against Atawallpa. During the conquest, the Spaniards found in the Canary allies.

Even at the time of the Conquest the Canary spoke one language Yunka ( Canary ), one of the Muchik and the Alt- Puruhá related language. The resettlement policy, begun under the Incas and continued under the Spanish in the Viceroyalty of Peru, favored the linguistic assimilation to the Kichwa. Canary Kichwa ( Quichua de Cañar ) is today spoken of the Canary dialect of the Kichwa of Ecuador, which in turn is a variant of the Quechua ( Quechua II b by Torero ). In contrast, in Cañaris (Northern Peru) is spoken variant Inkawasi - Kanaris with the Cajamarca Quechua related ( Quechua II a). In some areas, the Canary Kichwa has already been displaced by the Spanish.