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Emberá, Northern

A language of Panama

ISO 639-3: emp

Population	10,500 in Panama (2000). Population total all countries: 60,200.
Region	Southeastern Panama, Darién area, lowland jungle. Also in Colombia.
Language map	Panama
Alternate names	Atrato, Cholo, Darien, Dariena, Ebera Bedea, Eerã, Empera, Panama Embera
Dialects	Related languages in order of closeness: Emberá-Catíoc[cto], Emberá-Baudó [bdc], Emberá-Tadó [tdc], Epena [sja], Emberá-Chamí [cmi], and Wounmeu [noa]. Panama and Colombia dialects are inherently intelligible. Northern Embera of the Upper Baudó area and downriver Emberá-Baudó are inherently intelligible.
Classification	Choco, Embera, Northern
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1991.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	SOV. Swidden agriculturalists. Traditional religion, Christian.

Also spoken in:

Colombia

Language name	Emberá, Northern
Population	49,700 in Colombia (2001).
Region	Atrato River basin in Chocó Department, Pacific coastal rivers from Cabo Corrientes, to Antioquia (Rio Verde) Department.
Language map	Northern Colombia
Alternate names	Atrato, Cholo, Darién, Dariena, Eberã, Eberã Bed’ea, Emperã, Eperã Pedea, Panama Embera
Comments	‘Embena’ (Embera, Epena), meaning ‘people’, is used by all Choco peoples except Waunana to refer to themselves. Traditional religion, Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 1973. Aspectos de la cultura material de grupos étnicos de Colombia 1.  

MORRIS, Judy, author. 1978. The syllable in Epẽra.

MORTENSEN, Charles A., author. 1999. A Reference Grammar of the Northern Embera Languages: Studies in the Languages of Colombia 7.  

STANSELL, David, author. 1973. "Embera."  

Vernacular Publications

Dadyi ãkõrẽba jũma animarãda osia: naʉ̃ libroda b'ʉsid'a dobid'a bed'ead'e warrará karea. 1996.

Dadyi ẽbẽrãrãnebema. 1997.

Dadyi nebʉrʉ zrõãenabema. 1996.

Daiba osid'ad'ebema. 1997.