> I would be interested in knowing more about this language,
> if it is a separate Native American language. I presume that
> it is, as Laird says of many NA languages, polysynthetic and
> consolidating. But I'd like to have more info before I open
> my mouth wide enough to insert my foot.
> Any takers?
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"Laguna," is not a specific language, but the name of a pueblo in New Mexico.
Keres is the name of the language spoken at Laguna. Keres is spoken at
Cochiti, Santo Domingo, San Felipe, Santa Ana, Zia, Laguna, and Acoma.
Technically, there isn't a "Laguna" language, but there are dialects of
the Keres language. However, people do refer to Keres by pueblo, like if
you wanted to know if another person speaks Keres, you might ask "Does
he speak Cochiti?" Or, people make fun of the way people from Santo
Domingo pronounce their words since they have a different type of accent.
Acee Agoyo
agoyo1@mit.edu