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Purisimeño
Native to California, United States
Region Lompoc
Extinct (date missing)
Language family
Chumashan
  • Southern
    • Central
      • Purisimeño
La Purisima Mission
La Purisima Mission, Lompoc, California

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.

A vocabulary of "La Purrissima or Kagimuswas (Purismeno Chumash)" was collected by Henry Wetherbee Henshaw in 1884. John P. Harrington also documented the language, and wrote a sketch of the grammar.

Dr. Timothy Henry of the Western Institute for Endangered Language Documentation (WIELD) created a dictionary of the language.

Writing system

Purisimeño alphabet
’ 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
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