Emberá-Chamí | Ethnologue

A language of Colombia

ISO 639: cmi
Alternate Names: Chami, Chamí Emberá, Embena, Embera, Epena
Autonym: ẽbẽra
Population: 5,510 (2001 DNP). Ethnic population: Total Emberá in Colombia in 2001: 88,700 (Crevels 2012).
Location:: Antioquia, Caldas, Chocó, Risaralda, and Valle del Cauca departments; includes Caramanta municipality.
Language Status: 5* (Developing).
Classification: Chocoan, Emberá, Southern Emberá
Typology: 16 consonants and 12 vowels (6 oral, 6 nasal).
Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Grammar. Texts. Bible portions: 1989–1994.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Emberá-Chamí
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Antioquia, Caldas, Chocó, Risaralda, and Valle del Cauca departments; includes Caramanta municipality.