Purisimeño
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A language of United States
Alternate Names
Chumash, Chumasha Proper, La Purisima, Purismeño, Purísima, Santa Rosa
User Population
No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speakers probably died by 1900.
Location
California: south, near Santa Barbara.
Language Status
9 (Dormant).
Dialects
None known. Not intelligible with other Chumash varieties.
Language Use
Shifted to English [eng].
Language Development
Chumash Living Language Revitalization Project established in 1999. Although only Ineseño [inz] descendants are organized as a recognized tribe, there is interest among all Chumash descendants in restoring their traditional culture and language (Golla 2007).