Purisimeño language
| Purisimeño | |
|---|---|
| Native to | California, United States |
| Region | Lompoc |
| Extinct | early 1900s |
Chumashan
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | puy |
| Glottolog | puri1259 |
Purisimeño | |
Purisimeño is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
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.