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Extinct Chumashan language of California, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Purisimeño was one of the Chumashan languages traditionally spoken along the coastal areas of Southern California near Lompoc. It was also spoken at the La Purisima Mission.[1]
Purisimeño | |
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Native to | California, United States |
Region | Lompoc |
Extinct | early 1900s |
Chumashan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | puy |
Glottolog | puri1259 |
A vocabulary of "La Purrissima or Kagimuswas (Purismeno Chumash)" was collected by Henry Wetherbee Henshaw in 1884.[2] John P. Harrington also documented the language, and wrote a sketch of the grammar.[3]
Dr. Timothy Henry of the Western Institute for Endangered Language Documentation (WIELD) created a dictionary of the language.[4]
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sʰ | s̓ | š | šʰ | š̓ | t | tʰ | t̓ | ts | tsʰ | ts̓ | tš | tšʰ | tš̓ | u | w | w̓ | x ~ x̂ | x̓ | y | y̓ |
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