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Keres language

Keresan
Region New Mexico
Ethnicity Keres
Native speakers
13,000 (2006–2010)
One of the world's primary language families
Dialects
  • East Keres
  • West Keres
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
kee – Eastern
kjq – Western
Glottolog kere1287
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Pre-contact distribution of Keresan languages

Keresan /kəˈrsən/, also Keres /ˈkrs/, is a dialect cluster spoken by the Keres Pueblo people in New Mexico. The varieties of each of the seven Keres pueblos are mutually intelligible with its closest neighbors. There are significant differences between the Western and Eastern groups, which are commonly counted as separate languages.

Keres is a language isolate. Edward Sapir grouped it together with a Hokan–Siouan stock. Morris Swadesh suggested a connection with Wichita. Joseph Greenberg grouped Keres with Siouan, Yuchi, Caddoan, and Iroquoian in a superstock called Keresiouan. None of the proposals has gained the consensus of linguists.

The chart below contains the reconstructed consonants of the proto-Keresan (or pre-Keresan) as reconstructed by Miller & Davis (1963) based on a comparison of Acoma, Santa Ana, and Santo Domingo, as well as taken from phonetic notes written by Thomas Noxon Toomey (1914).


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