[10], Selected Proto-Keresan reconstructions of plants, animals, and toponyms by Miller and Davis (1963):[15], Keres was one of the seven languages sung in the Coca-Cola "It's Beautiful" commercial during the 2014 Super Bowl featuring "America the Beautiful".[16]. to sneeze) are coded through one set of morphemes, whereas actions conceptualized as involving the initiator at a lesser degree (e.g. Keres is now considered a language isolate. Wardaman, This non-profit foundation was put in place tomake available supplies and materials needed to assist teachers and students in school programs including the Keres language programs. The Keresan numeral system is a base 10 system. Grammatical and lexical notes on the Keres language (Acoma-Laguna dialect) of Keresan by N. Toomey - PDF link. However, our language is in danger of being lost. 3940)[9], In Keres, the verbal prefix carries information from five different grammatical categories: argument role, modality, polarity,[7] person and number. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you. SHARE is built by and for New Mexicans, and we rely on you to provide input and content for these pages. We currently have about 5,000 words and phrases being edited by fluent speakers. Numerals 1119, as well as those between the multiple of tens, are formed by adding the word ktsi (/ kts / 'ten') followed by the word dzidra (/tsta/ 'more'). evidentiality, as in I think Tammy arrived from class vs. Tammy arrived from class). The ways the speaker assesses the action (i.e. Due to extensive vowel devoicing, several Keresan words may be perceived as ending in consonants or even containing consonant clusters.