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.[2]
| Purisimeño | |
|---|---|
| Native to | California, United States |
| Region | Lompoc |
| Extinct | early 1900s |
Chumashan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | puy |
| Glottolog | puri1259 |
 Purisimeño | |
 Purisimeño is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. [1] | |
A vocabulary of "La Purrissima or Kagimuswas (Purismeno Chumash)" was collected by Henry Wetherbee Henshaw in 1884.[3] John P. Harrington also documented the language, and wrote a sketch of the grammar.[4]
Dr. Timothy Henry of the Western Institute for Endangered Language Documentation (WIELD) created a dictionary of the language.[5]
Writing system
edit| ’ | a | e | ǝ | h | i | k | l ~ ł | l̓ | m | m̓ | n | n̓ | o | p | pʰ | p̓ | q | qʰ | q̓ | s |
| sʰ | s̓ | š | šʰ | š̓ | t | tʰ | t̓ | ts | tsʰ | ts̓ | tš | tšʰ | tš̓ | u | w | w̓ | x ~ x̂ | x̓ | y | y̓ |
References
edit- ^ Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger (Report) (3rd ed.). UNESCO. 2010. p. 11.
- ^ "Purisimeño". Survey of California and Other Indian Languages. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
- ^ Henshaw, Henry Wetherbee. "Santa Barbara (Barbareno Chumash) and La Purrissima or Kagimuswas (Purismeno Chumash) vocabularies September 18, 1884". Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ "Papers of John P. Harrington, Part 3, Southern California Basin". California Language Archive. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ "Purisimeño Project".
External links
edit- Wieldoc.org: Purisimeño Project at the Western Institute for Endangered Language Documentation
- Purisimeño language — overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian Languages.
- Language-archives.org: OLAC resources in and about the Purisimeño language
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