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Keres (/ ˈ k eɪ r eɪ s /), [2] also Keresan (/ ˈ k ɛ r ə s ən /), is a Native American language, spoken by the Keres Pueblo people in New Mexico.Depending on the analysis, Keres is considered a small language family or a language isolate with several dialects.
They speak English, Keresan languages, and in one pueblo Keresan Sign Language. The seven Keres pueblos are: Cochiti Pueblo or Kotyit ("Stone Kiva"); Cochiti Pueblo people: Kotyitiemeh ("People of the North Mountains, i.e. Cochiti people") San Felipe Pueblo or Katishtya (People down by the river ”The place where the White Shells are”)
Sherzer suggests that the 2-2-1 vowel system found in Tanoan languages (i u - e o - a) may be a result of contact with Zuni and Keresan language families. [3] Sherzer states, "A 2-2-1 vowel system is a Pueblo-centered regional areal trait. Its development in some Tanoan languages may be due to contact with Zuni and Keresan." [4]
Keresan Sign Language, also known as Keresan Pueblo Indian Sign Language (KPISL) or Keresign, is a village sign language spoken by many of the inhabitants of a Keresan pueblo with a relatively high incidence of congenital deafness (the pueblo is not identified in sources, but the cited population suggests it is Zia Pueblo, New Mexico).
Keresan: family to which Western and Eastern Keres belong, considered by some a language isolate consisting of a dialect continuum spoken at the pueblos of Acoma, Laguna, Santa Ana, Zia, Cochiti, Kewa, and San Felipe. Kiowa-Tanoan: stock to which the Tanoan (or Puebloan) branch belongs, consisting of three separate sub-branches:
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Archaeologists believe that the Keresan-speaking residents of Zia are descendants of the Ancestral Puebloan people of the Four Corners region, who migrated to the Jemez River Valley sometime in the 13th century. [3]
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