Chami language
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Chami | |
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Chamí Emberá | |
Native to | Colombia |
Native speakers | 7,800 (2001–2014)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:cmi – Chamitdc – Tadó |
Glottolog | uppe1440 |
ELP | Southern Emberá |
Chamí Emberá a.k.a. Chami is an Embera language of Colombia.
Phonology
[edit]Consonants
[edit]Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
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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⟩ | |||
tap | ɾ ⟨r⟩ | ||||
Approximant | w ⟨w⟩ | j ⟨y⟩ |
Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | |||
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unrounded | rounded | ||||
High | oral | i ⟨i⟩ | ɯ ⟨ɯ⟩ | u ⟨u⟩ | |
nasal | ĩ ⟨ĩ⟩ | ɯ̃ ⟨ɯ̃⟩ | ũ ⟨ũ⟩ | ||
Mid | oral | e ⟨e⟩ | o ⟨o⟩ | ||
nasal | ẽ ⟨ẽ⟩ | õ ⟨õ⟩ | |||
Low | oral | a ⟨a⟩ | |||
nasal | ã ⟨ã⟩ |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Chami at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Tadó at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Licht, Daniel A; Vélez, Rubén G; Carupia, Marcario P (2013). Karta ẽbẽra beɗea ɓɯ kawabiy ita / Manual de enseñanza y escritura ẽbẽra-chamí.