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Name:
Purisimeño
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
La Purisima; Santa Rosa; Chumasha Proper; Purísima; Purismeño
Once Spoken in:
USA
Code:
puy
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Chumashan
Parent Subgroup:
Central Chumash (cchu)
Brief Description:
"Purisimeño is the Chumash language once spoken at mission La Purísima Concepción in the lower valley of the Santa Ynez River, near modern Lompoc, California, and in the territory to the north as far as Santa Maria." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 21
Linguist List Status: Extinct UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
Linguist List Status: Extinct UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Purisimeño
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