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The name Seri is an exonym for this people that has been used since the first contacts with the Spaniards (sometimes written differently, as ceres). Gilg reported in 1692 that it was a Spanish name, but surely it was the name used by another group of the area to refer to the Seris. Nevertheless, modern claims that it is a Yaqui or Opata name that means something like "people of the sand" or "people who run<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=2305616 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | The name Seri is an exonym for this people that has been used since the first contacts with the Spaniards (sometimes written differently, as ceres). Gilg reported in 1692 that it was a Spanish name, but surely it was the name used by another group of the area to refer to the Seris. Nevertheless, modern claims that it is a Yaqui or Opata name that means something like "people of the sand" or "people who run<i>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=2305616 ..... full article at Wikipedia]</i></td></tr> | ||
<tr><td><h2>Location of Seri Language Speakers</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Location of Seri Language Speakers</h2> | ||
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<tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2> | <tr><td><h2>Rosetta Document Collection</h2> |
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