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 | |
|---|---|
| Native to | California, United States |
| Region | Lompoc |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
Chumashan
| |
| 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]
Writing systemEdit
| ’ | 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 |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "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".