Emberá

E13446

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

All labels observed (16)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chocoan language
indigenous language
language
belongsToLanguageFamily Chocoan
closelyRelatedTo Wounaan language
linked to: Guna language

other Chocoan languages
continent North America
South America
country Colombia
Panama
ethnicGroup Emberá people
linked to: Emberá
hasAlternativeName Embera
Epera (for some varieties)
hasDialect Emberá-Baudó
linked to: Emberá

Emberá-Catío
linked to: Emberá

Emberá-Chamí
linked to: Emberá

Emberá-Darién
linked to: Emberá

Emberá-Tadó
linked to: Emberá

Northern Emberá
linked to: Emberá

Southern Emberá
linked to: 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 people
linked to: Emberá
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 script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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

Panama regionalLanguage Emberá
Emberá spokenBy Emberá people
linked to: Emberá
Emberá ethnicGroup Emberá people
linked to: Emberá
Emberá hasDialect Northern Emberá
linked to: Emberá
Emberá hasDialect Southern Emberá
linked to: Emberá
Emberá hasDialect Emberá-Catío
linked to: Emberá
Emberá hasDialect Emberá-Chamí
linked to: Emberá
Emberá hasDialect Emberá-Tadó
linked to: Emberá
Emberá hasDialect Emberá-Baudó
linked to: Emberá
Emberá hasDialect Emberá-Darién
linked to: Emberá
Chocoan languages hasPart Emberá
Chocoan languages hasPart Northern Emberá
linked to: Emberá
Chocoan languages hasPart Southern Emberá
linked to: Emberá
Chocoan languages ethnicity Emberá people
linked to: Emberá
Chocó Department ethnicGroup Emberá people
linked to: Emberá
Emberá-Wounaan Comarca inhabitedBy Emberá people
linked to: Emberá
Embera ethnonym Emberá
Embera autonym Emberá
Darién National Park inhabitedBy Emberá people
linked to: Emberá
Urabá region hasEthnicGroup Emberá people
linked to: Emberá
Wounaan relatedEthnicGroup Emberá
Atrato River basin hasIndigenousGroup Emberá people
linked to: Emberá
Supía hasIndigenousCommunity Emberá Chamí
linked to: Emberá
Comarcas of Panama includesEthnicGroup Emberá people
linked to: Emberá
Chocoan hasLanguage Emberá
Chocoan hasLanguage Northern Emberá
linked to: Emberá
Chocoan hasLanguage Southern Emberá
linked to: Emberá
Chocoan hasLanguage Catío Emberá
linked to: Emberá
Chocoan hasLanguage Chamí Emberá
linked to: Emberá
Chocoan primaryEthnicGroups Emberá people
linked to: Emberá
Chocoan majorLanguage Emberá
Chocó family hasPart Northern Emberá
linked to: Emberá
Chocó family hasPart Southern Emberá
linked to: Emberá
Chocó family ethnicGroup Emberá people
linked to: Emberá
Pinogana District hasEthnicGroup Emberá people
linked to: Emberá
Nuquí hasEthnicGroup Emberá Indigenous people
linked to: Emberá
Northern Embera language hasDialect Northern Emberá (proper)
linked to: Emberá
Northern Embera language hasAlternativeName Northern Emberá
linked to: Emberá
Northern Embera language hasAlternativeName Emberá del Norte
linked to: Emberá
Northern Embera language hasAlternativeName Emberá Katío (in some classifications)
linked to: Emberá
Wounaan people relatedEthnicGroup Emberá people
linked to: Emberá