Chocoan languages

E71332

indigenous languages of the Americas language family

The Chocoan languages are a small family of indigenous languages spoken primarily in western Colombia and eastern Panama, known for including the Emberá and Wounaan languages.

Aliases (5)

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	indigenous languages of the Americas → language family →
arealGrouping	Chocó–Darién region →
country	Colombia → Panama →
ethnicity	Emberá people → Wounaan people →
familyColor	American →
glottologCode	choc1271 →
glottologName	Chocoan →
hasAlternativeName	Chocó family → Chocó languages → Emberá–Wounaan languages →
hasPart	Emberá → Emberá languages → Northern Emberá → Southern Emberá → Woun Meu → Wounaan language → Wounaan meu →
ISO639FamilyGrouping	none (no single ISO 639-5 code for the family) →
languageBranchOf	Chocoan language family →
morphology	agglutinative →
neighboringLanguageFamily	Barbacoan languages → Chibchan languages → Tucanoan languages →
primaryContinent	South America →
recognizedMinorityLanguageIn	Colombia → Panama →
region	eastern Panama → western Colombia →
secondaryContinent	North America →
spokenIn	Antioquia Department → Caldas Department → Cauca Department → Chocó Department → Darién Province → Nariño Department NERFINISHED → Risaralda Department → Valle del Cauca Department →
status	endangered →
subclassOf	American indigenous language families → South American language families →
typology	mostly SOV word order →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chocoan languages ("Chocó languages") → Chocoan languages ("Emberá–Wounaan languages") →	hasAlternativeName
Embera → Emberá →	languageFamily
Chocoan languages ("Emberá languages") →	hasPart
Chocó Department ("Emberá languages") →	indigenousLanguage
Chocoan languages ("Chocoan language family") →	languageBranchOf
Emberá-Wounaan Comarca ("Emberá languages") →	languageUsed
Embera ("Embera languages") →	speaks