Purisimeño_language

Purisimeño language

Purisimeño language

Extinct Chumashan language of California, USA

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]

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...
La Purisima Mission, Lompoc, California

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 system

Purisimeño alphabet
’aeǝh ikl ~ łl̓m m̓nn̓op pʰp̓qqʰq̓ s
sʰs̓ššʰ š̓ttʰt̓ts tsʰts̓tštšʰtš̓ uww̓x ~ x̂x̓ yy̓

References

  1. [1]
    "Purisimeño". Survey of California and Other Indian Languages. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
  2. [2]
    Henshaw, Henry Wetherbee. "Santa Barbara (Barbareno Chumash) and La Purrissima or Kagimuswas (Purismeno Chumash) vocabularies September 18, 1884". Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  3. [3]
    "Papers of John P. Harrington, Part 3, Southern California Basin". California Language Archive. Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  4. [4]
    "Purisimeño Project".
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