Chami language

Chamí Emberá a.k.a. Chami is an Embera language of Colombia.

Chami
Chamí Emberá
Native to	Colombia
Native speakers	7,800 (2001–2014)
Language family	Chocoan Emberá Southern Chami
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: cmi – Chami tdc – Tadó
Glottolog	uppe1440
ELP	Southern Emberá

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⟩