Purisimeño language facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Purisimeño |
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| Native to | California, United States |
| Region | Lompoc |
| Extinct | (date missing) |
| Language family |
Chumashan
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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
| ’ | 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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