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Where is Emberá-Chamí spoken?

Emberá-Chamí is a Chocoan language, spoken in Colombia and Panama. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Where Emberá-Chamí is spoken

Emberá-Chamí is spoken in 2 countries: Colombia and Panama.

Country
Colombia
Panama

Emberá-Chamí has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Emberá-Chamí?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Threatened. Glottolog lists it as threatened: it is still spoken by all generations, but there are signs that the number of speakers is falling.

Where Emberá-Chamí sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Emberá-Chamí as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Chocoan
  2. Embera
  3. San Juan
  4. Upper San Juan
  5. Emberá-Chamí

Related languages

Other languages in the Upper San Juan group:

More about Emberá-Chamí

Codes: ISO 639-3 cmi, Glottolog embe1262. Glottolog macroarea: South America.

Questions about Emberá-Chamí

Where is Emberá-Chamí spoken?

Emberá-Chamí is spoken in Colombia and Panama. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Emberá-Chamí in?

Glottolog places Emberá-Chamí in the Chocoan family, in the branch Embera, San Juan and Upper San Juan.

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