Chamí Emberá a.k.a. Chami is an Embera language of Colombia.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | plain | p ⟨p⟩ | t ⟨t⟩ | k ⟨k⟩ | |
| voiced | b ⟨b⟩ | d ⟨d⟩ | |||
| implosive | ɓ ⟨ɓ⟩ | ɗ ⟨ɗ⟩ | |||
| Fricative | s ⟨s⟩ | x ⟨j⟩ | |||
| Affricate | t͡ʃ ⟨ch⟩ | ||||
| Nasal | m ⟨m⟩ | n ⟨n⟩ | |||
| Liquid | trill | r ⟨rr⟩ | |||
| tap | ɾ ⟨r⟩ | ||||
| Approximant | w ⟨w⟩ | j ⟨y⟩ | |||
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⟩ | ||||
Notes
- ^ Chami at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Tadó at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Licht, Daniel A; Vélez, Rubén G; Carupia, Marcario P (2013). Karta ẽbẽra beɗea ɓɯ kawabiy ita / Manual de enseñanza y escritura ẽbẽra-chamí.
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