Emberá

E13446

Chocoan language indigenous language language

Emberá is an indigenous language spoken by the Emberá people of Panama and neighboring regions of Colombia, belonging to the Chocoan language family.

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Observed surface forms (8)

Surface form	Occurrences
Emberá people	5
Northern Emberá	2
Southern Emberá	2
Emberá-Baudó	1
Emberá-Catío	1
Emberá-Chamí	1
Emberá-Darién	1
Emberá-Tadó	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chocoan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language ⓘ
belongsToLanguageFamily	Chocoan ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Guna language ⓘ surface form: Wounaan language other Chocoan languages ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
country	Colombia ⓘ Panama ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Emberá self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Emberá people
hasAlternativeName	Embera ⓘ Epera (for some varieties) ⓘ
hasDialect	Emberá self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Emberá-Baudó Emberá self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Emberá-Catío Emberá self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Emberá-Chamí Emberá self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Emberá-Darién Emberá self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Emberá-Tadó Emberá self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Northern Emberá Emberá self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern Emberá
hasEndonym	Embera ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature	rich verbal morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive nasalization ⓘ tone absent ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity	Emberá-Wounaan Comarca ⓘ indigenous reserves in Chocó ⓘ
ISO6393Code	emp ⓘ
languageFamily	Chocoan languages ⓘ
languageStatus	indigenous language of Colombia ⓘ indigenous language of Panama ⓘ minority language ⓘ
region	Chocó Department ⓘ Darién Province ⓘ
spokenBy	Emberá self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Emberá people
spokenIn	Colombia ⓘ Panama ⓘ
subjectOf	Bible translation efforts ⓘ linguistic documentation projects ⓘ
typology	agglutinative language ⓘ
usedFor	daily communication in Emberá communities ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ
usedIn	ritual practices ⓘ traditional songs ⓘ
wordOrder	SOV ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Embera → autonym → Emberá ⓘ

Chocó Department → ethnicGroup → Emberá ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emberá people

Emberá → ethnicGroup → Emberá self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emberá people

Chocoan languages → ethnicity → Emberá ⓘ

this entity surface form: Emberá people

Emberá-Wounaan Comarca → ethnolinguisticGroup → Emberá ⓘ

Embera → ethnonym → Emberá ⓘ