Purisimeño

A language of United States

ISO 639: puy
Alternate Names: Chumash, Chumasha Proper, La Purisima, Purismeño, Purísima, Santa Rosa
Population: No known L1 speakers. The last fluent speakers probably died by 1900.
Location:: California: south, near Santa Barbara.
Language Status: 9 (Dormant).
Classification: Chumashan, Central Chumash
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).

Location: California: south, near Santa Barbara.