Chami language

Chami
Chamí Emberá
Native to	Colombia
Native speakers	7,800 (2001–2014)[1]
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⟩

^[2][3]

Notes

1. Chami at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
   Tadó at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. Licht, Daniel A; Vélez, Rubén G; Carupia, Marcario P (2013). Karta ẽbẽra beɗea ɓɯ kawabiy ita / Manual de enseñanza y escritura ẽbẽra-chamí.
3. Gralow, Frances L. (1976). Fonología del chamí. In Sistemas fonológicos de idiomas colombianos 3. pp. 29–42.