Emberá Chamí

Chami
Chamí Emberá
Native to	Colombia
Native speakers	(7,800 cited 2001–2014)
Language family	Chocoan Emberá Southern Chami
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: cmi – Chami tdc – Tadó
Glottolog	uppe1440
ELP	Southern Emberá

Chamí Emberá a.k.a. Chami is an Embera language of Colombia.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	plain	p ⟨p⟩	t ⟨t⟩		k ⟨k⟩	ʔ ⟨ꞌ⟩
voiced	b ⟨b⟩	d ⟨d⟩
implosive	ɓ ⟨ɓ⟩	ɗ ⟨ɗ⟩
Fricative		s ⟨s⟩		(x ⟨j⟩)	h ⟨j⟩
Affricate			t͡ʃ ⟨ch⟩
Nasal	m ⟨m⟩	n ⟨n⟩
Liquid	trill		r ⟨rr⟩
tap		ɾ ⟨r⟩
Approximant	w ⟨w⟩		j ⟨y⟩

/h/ may also be heard as [x] in free variation.

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
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⟩