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132: 123: 175:, etc. is the Embera word for 'human being' or 'man' and is used as the autonym by all speakers of varieties of Embera (though not by the related Wounaan). It is also sometimes used to refer to other indigenous people who are not of Emberá ethnicity. 267:(*) as a separate language. A case can be made for classifying Baudó in the Northern Embera group. It has many features of both groups and is partially intelligible with the neighboring Northern Embera dialect as well as with Epena. 607: 418: 210:. The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America lists them as follows, along with alleged sub-varieties which may be places, extinct groups, or misspellings: 602: 456: 410: 397:
The Northern Embera variety is used in the movie "End of the Spear", where Embera people from Panama portray the Waodani people of Ecuador.
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Kaufman, Terrence. (1994). The Native Languages of South America. In C. Mosley & R. E. Asher (Eds.),
239: 220: 199: 500: 315:. Lenguas de Panamá (No. 7). Panama: Instituto Nacional de Cultura, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. 411:
Audio recordings of "traditional narratives and myths" in Embera with some Spanish translations
506: 361: 343:. Studies in the Languages of Colombia (No.7); SIL Publications in Linguistics (No. 134). SIL. 313:
Clasificación de los idiomas indígenas de Panamá, con un vocabulario comparativo de los mismos
301: 245: 147: 78: 554: 487: 481: 264: 251: 151: 46: 526: 473: 465: 166: 163: 73: 573: 549: 544: 534: 514: 377: 113: 586: 494: 122: 223:(Katío): Dabeiba, Tukurá (Río Verde, upper Sinú, Emberá-Katío), Ngverá (San Jorge) 131: 17: 107: 346:
Pardo Rojas, Mauricio y Aguirre, Daniel L. (1993). "Dialectología chocó".
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American Indian languages: The Historical Linguistics of Native America
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Emberá is usually divided into at least two major groupings:
254:(Epena): Joaquincito, Cajambre, Naya, Saija, Tapaje, Satinga 277:
The archive of the indigenous languages of Latin America
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Indigenous languages of the South American Northwest
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A Reference Grammar of the Northern Embera languages
525: 472: 106: 91: 72: 62: 52: 42: 32: 358:A Tri-Lingual Dictionary of Emberá-Spanish-English 328:Loewen, Jacob. (1963). Choco I & Choco II. 290:. Languages of the World/materials 208. LINCOM. 27:Chocoan dialect continuum of Colombia and Panama 450: 330:International Journal of American Linguistics 8: 380:, who speak the Embera and Wounaan languages 202:. These varieties are sometimes considered 522: 457: 443: 435: 281:www.ailla.utexas.org/site/sa_lg_tbl.html 603:Indigenous languages of Central America 390: 29: 300:. New York: Oxford University Press. 217:(Northern Antioquia, Emberá norteño) 90: 7: 415:Emberá Collection of Rachel Crandell 325:(pp. 46–76). London: Routledge. 173:Embera, Emperã, Empena, Eberã, Epena 429:Intercontinental Dictionary Series 25: 248:: Catrú, Dubasa, Purricha, Pavaja 179:Languages and regional variation 121: 311:Gunn, Robert D. (Ed.). (1980). 286:Aguirre Licht, Daniel. (1999). 348:Biblioteca Ezequiel Uricoechea 339:Mortensen, Charles A. (1999). 323:Atlas of the World's Languages 135:Young Embera woman from Panama 1: 68:(undated figure of 100,000) 624: 350:11: 269-312. Bogotá: ICC. 283:, accessed 2005, Dec. 27). 206:but are actually distinct 567: 120: 74:Linguistic classification 37: 296:Campbell, Lyle. (1997). 198:Each has a few regional 356:Sara, Solomon (2001). 136: 134: 58:Colombia & Panama 263:(2005, 2009) treats 162:. It belongs to the 137: 580: 579: 574:extinct languages 563: 562: 360:. Lincom Europa. 158:and southeastern 148:dialect continuum 129: 128: 16:(Redirected from 615: 523: 459: 452: 445: 436: 398: 395: 353: 318: 293: 154:in northwestern 125: 116: 30: 21: 623: 622: 618: 617: 616: 614: 613: 612: 593:Choco languages 583: 582: 581: 576: 559: 540:Northern Embera 521: 468: 466:Choco languages 463: 407: 402: 401: 396: 392: 387: 374: 351: 316: 291: 273: 227:Northern Emberá 193:Southern Emberá 188:Northern Emberá 181: 167:language family 142:(also known as 112: 65: 64:Native speakers 54: 28: 23: 22: 18:Embera language 15: 12: 11: 5: 621: 619: 611: 610: 605: 600: 598:Embera-Wounaan 595: 585: 584: 578: 577: 568: 565: 564: 561: 560: 558: 557: 552: 547: 542: 537: 531: 529: 520: 519: 511: 503: 498: 491: 484: 478: 476: 470: 469: 464: 462: 461: 454: 447: 439: 433: 432: 422: 413:, part of the 406: 405:External links 403: 400: 399: 389: 388: 386: 383: 382: 381: 378:Embera-Wounaan 373: 370: 369: 368: 354: 344: 337: 326: 319: 309: 294: 284: 272: 269: 258: 257: 256: 255: 249: 243: 232: 231: 230: 224: 196: 195: 190: 180: 177: 152:100,000 people 127: 126: 118: 117: 110: 104: 103: 102: 101: 98: 93: 89: 88: 87: 86: 76: 70: 69: 66: 63: 60: 59: 56: 50: 49: 44: 40: 39: 35: 34: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 620: 609: 606: 604: 601: 599: 596: 594: 591: 590: 588: 575: 571: 566: 556: 553: 551: 548: 546: 543: 541: 538: 536: 533: 532: 530: 528: 524: 517: 516: 512: 509: 508: 504: 502: 499: 497: 496: 492: 490: 489: 485: 483: 480: 479: 477: 475: 471: 467: 460: 455: 453: 448: 446: 441: 440: 437: 430: 426: 423: 420: 416: 412: 409: 408: 404: 394: 391: 384: 379: 376: 375: 371: 367: 366:3-89586-672-5 363: 359: 355: 349: 345: 342: 338: 335: 331: 327: 324: 320: 314: 310: 307: 306:0-19-509427-1 303: 299: 295: 289: 285: 282: 279:. (Web page: 278: 275: 274: 270: 268: 266: 262: 253: 250: 247: 244: 241: 238: 237: 236: 233: 228: 225: 222: 219: 218: 216: 213: 212: 211: 209: 205: 201: 194: 191: 189: 186: 185: 184: 178: 176: 174: 170: 168: 165: 161: 157: 153: 149: 145: 141: 133: 124: 119: 115: 111: 109: 105: 99: 96: 95: 94: 85: 82: 81: 80: 77: 75: 71: 67: 61: 57: 51: 48: 47:Emberá people 45: 41: 36: 31: 19: 569: 513: 505: 493: 486: 393: 357: 352:(in Spanish) 347: 340: 333: 329: 322: 317:(in Spanish) 312: 297: 292:(in Spanish) 287: 276: 271:Bibliography 260: 259: 234: 214: 197: 192: 187: 182: 172: 171: 143: 139: 138: 92:Subdivisions 83: 55:distribution 587:Categories 385:References 261:Ethnologue 150:spoken by 53:Geographic 572:indicate 208:languages 200:varieties 108:Glottolog 43:Ethnicity 507:Quimbaya 501:Sinúfana 372:See also 235:Southern 215:Northern 204:dialects 156:Colombia 114:embe1258 100:Southern 97:Northern 570:Italics 555:Eperara 518: ? 510: ? 488:Anserma 482:Wounaan 252:Eperara 146:) is a 79:Chocoan 527:Embera 425:Embera 364:  304:  288:Embera 160:Panama 140:Emberá 84:Emberá 33:Emberá 550:Baudo 545:Chami 535:Catio 515:Cueva 474:Choco 419:AILLA 246:Baudó 240:Chamí 221:Catío 164:Choco 144:Chocó 38:Chocó 495:Arma 362:ISBN 302:ISBN 265:Tadó 417:at 589:: 334:29 332:, 169:. 458:e 451:t 444:v 431:) 427:( 421:. 336:. 308:. 20:)

Index

Embera language
Emberá people
Linguistic classification
Chocoan
Glottolog
embe1258


dialect continuum
100,000 people
Colombia
Panama
Choco
language family
varieties
dialects
languages
Catío
Northern Emberá
Chamí
Baudó
Eperara
Tadó
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ISBN
0-19-509427-1
ISBN
3-89586-672-5
Embera-Wounaan
Audio recordings of "traditional narratives and myths" in Embera with some Spanish translations

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