Keresan language
| Keresan | |
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| Region | New Mexico |
| Ethnicity | Keres |
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Native speakers
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13,000 (2006–2010) |
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One of the world's primary language families
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either: kee – Eastern kjq – Western |
| Glottolog | kere1287 |
Pre-contact distribution of Keresan languages
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Keresan /kəˈriːsən/, also Keres /ˈkeɪrᵻs/, 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 regarding the Acoma dialect (1914).
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