Chami language

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Chami
Chamí Emberá
Native toColombia
Native speakers
(7,800 cited 2001–2014)[1]
Chocoan
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
cmi – Chami
tdc – Tadó
Glottologuppe1440
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Chamí Emberá a.k.a. Chami is an Embera language of Colombia.

Phonology

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Consonants

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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

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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⟩ õ ⟨õ⟩
Low oral a ⟨a⟩
nasal ã ⟨ã⟩

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Notes

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  1. ^ Chami at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Tadó at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
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