Sanavirón is an extinct and unclassified language once spoken near the Salinas Grandes in Córdoba, Argentina. Loukotka (1968) classified it as a language isolate, but there is insufficient data to justify this according to Campbell (2012, 2024). Previous classifications have linked it with Comechingón, Cacán, or Lule–Vilela. Despite its status as a lengua general during the Spanish colonial administration, very little is known of it, only about six or seven words.
Vocabulary Some words in Sanavirón:
{| class="wikitable" ! gloss !!Sanavirón |- |pueblo
|chief
| algarrobo || |- | water || |- |irrigation ditch
| house of the sun || |} Some roots with unknown meaning: {| class="wikitable" !Sanavirón |- |,
|, |- |,
|,
It was also documented that the word Comechingón meant 'subterranean caves' in Sanaviron and segmented as .
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