Emberá-Chamí

Chami
Chami
Chamí Emberá
Native to	Colombia
Native speakers	7,800 (2001–2014)
Language family	Chocoan Emberá Southern Chami; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; cmi – Chami; tdc – Tadó
Glottolog	uppe1440
ELP	Southern Emberá

Chami language

Emberá language spoken in Colombia

Chamí Emberá a.k.a. Chami is an Embera language of Colombia.

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Chami at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Tadó at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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Licht, Daniel A; Vélez, Rubén G; Carupia, Marcario P (2013). Karta ẽbẽra beɗea ɓɯ kawabiy ita / Manual de enseñanza y escritura ẽbẽra-chamí.

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		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Stop	plain	p ⟨p⟩	t ⟨t⟩		k ⟨k⟩
	voiced	b ⟨b⟩	d ⟨d⟩
	implosive	ɓ ⟨ɓ⟩	ɗ ⟨ɗ⟩
Fricative			s ⟨s⟩		x ⟨j⟩
Affricate				t͡ʃ ⟨ch⟩
Nasal		m ⟨m⟩	n ⟨n⟩
Liquid	trill		r ⟨rr⟩
Liquid	tap		ɾ ⟨r⟩
Approximant		w ⟨w⟩		j ⟨y⟩

		Front	Central	Back
		Front	Central	unrounded	rounded
High	oral	i ⟨i⟩		ɯ ⟨ɯ⟩	u ⟨u⟩
High	nasal	ĩ ⟨ĩ⟩		ɯ̃ ⟨ɯ̃⟩	ũ ⟨ũ⟩
Mid	oral	e ⟨e⟩			o ⟨o⟩
Mid	nasal	ẽ ⟨ẽ⟩			õ ⟨õ⟩
Low	oral		a ⟨a⟩
Low	nasal		ã ⟨ã⟩

Emberá-Chamí

Chami language

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Chami
Chamí Emberá
Native to	Colombia
Native speakers	7,800 (2001–2014)^[1]
Language family	Chocoan Emberá Southern Chami
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `cmi` – Chami `tdc` – Tadó
Glottolog	`uppe1440`
ELP	Southern Emberá