Embera Chamí
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A language of Colombia
Alternate Names
Chami, Chamí Emberá, Embena, Embera, Embera Bedea Chamí, Emberá-Chamí, Epena
Autonym
ẽbẽra bed̶ea, ẽbẽra
User Population
45,000 (2022 SIL). Ethnic population: Total Emberá in Colombia in 2001: 88,700 (Crevels 2012).
Location
Antioquia, Caldas, Chocó, Quindío, Risaralda, and Valle del Cauca departments; includes Caramanta municipality.
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Language Status
5* (Developing).
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. NT: 2021.