Emberá languages
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Emberá (also Embera, Chocó proper, Chokó, Cholo) is a group of vernaculars belonging to the Choco language family in northwestern Colombia and southeastern Panama.
Languages and regional variation
Emberá is usually considered a sub-grouping of the Choco languages. Often two languages are identified:
- Northern Emberá
- Southern Emberá
The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America has the following division:
- A. Northern Emberá language (also known as Northern Antioquia, Emberá norteño)
- # SerranÌa del Darién
- # Dabeiba
- # Ngverá (also known as San Jorge)
- # Tukurá (also known as Rio Verde)
- # Sambú (also known as Darién, Andágueda)
- B. Southern Emberá language (also known as Southern Antioquia, Emberá sureño)
- # Baudó
- # Chamí (also known as Caramanta-Sitará)
- # Saija
- # Tadó
- # Runa
- # Catío
- A. Northern
- # Catío
- #Northern Emberá (proper)
- B. Southern
- # Baudó
- # Chamí
- # Epena
- # Tadó
- A. Northern
- # Catío
- # Chimila
- # Tucura
- # Emberá
- B. Southern
- # Saixa-Baudo
- # Citara
- # Tado
- # Chamí
See also
External links
- Ethnologue: [Choco, Embera]
- Proel: [Lengua Emberá]
Bibliography
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