Editing Keres language (section)

{{short description|Language isolate of New Mexico, United States}}
{{Redirect|Keresan|the US Navy cargo ship|USS Keresan (ID-1806)}}{{Distinguish|Kerek language}}{{Cleanup lang|date=September 2024|iso=mul}}{{Infobox language
| name             = Keresan
| nativename       = 
| states           = [[United States]]
| region           = [[New Mexico]]
| ethnicity        = [[Keres people|Keres]]
| speakers         = 13,190
| date             = 2013
| ref              = <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2013/demo/2009-2013-lang-tables.html|title = Detailed Languages Spoken at Home and Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and over: 2009-2013}}</ref>
| familycolor      = American
| family           = [[Language isolate]] or [[Keresan languages|Keresan]]
| dia1             = East Keres
| dia2             = West Keres
| glotto           = kere1287
| glottorefname    = Keresan
| lc1              = kee
| ld1              = Eastern
| lc2              = kjq
| ld2              = Western
| map              = Keres langs.png
| mapcaption       = Pre-contact distribution of Keresan languages
| map2             = Lang Status 60-DE.svg
| mapcaption2      = {{center|{{small|Acoma-Laguna is classified as Definitely Endangered by the [[UNESCO]] ''[[Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger]]''}}}}
}}

'''Keres''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|eɪ|ɹ|eɪ|s}}),<ref>{{Cite Merriam-Webster|Keres|accessdate=2024-06-02}}</ref> also '''Keresan''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɛ|ɹ|ə|s|ən}}), is a [[Indigenous languages of the Americas|Native American language]], spoken by the [[Keres people|Keres]] [[Puebloans|Pueblo people]] in [[New Mexico]]. Depending on the analysis, Keres is considered a small [[language family]] or a [[language isolate]] with several [[dialect cluster|dialects]]. If it is considered a language isolate, it would be the most widely spoken language isolate within the borders of the [[United States of America|United States]]. 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 sometimes counted as separate languages.