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{{Short description|Emberá language spoken in Colombia}}
{{Expand language|topic=|langcode=fr|otherarticle=Emberá chamí|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Chami
|nativename=''Chamí Emberá''
|states=[[Colombia]]
|speakers={{sigfig|7,810|2}}
|date=2001–2014
|ref=e18
|familycolor=American
|fam1=[[Chocoan languages|Chocoan]]
|fam2=[[Emberá languages|Emberá]]
|fam3=Southern
|lc1=cmi|ld1=Chami
|lc2=tdc|ld2=Tadó
|glotto=uppe1440
|glottorefname=Upper San Juan [Embera]
|map = Emberá chamí.png
}}

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

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===

{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center
! colspan="2" |
![[Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]]
![[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]]
![[Palatal consonant|Palatal]]
![[Velar consonant|Velar]]
![[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! rowspan="3" |[[Stop consonant|Stop]]
!<small>plain</small>
|{{IPAlink|p}} {{grapheme|p}}
|{{IPAlink|t}} {{grapheme|t}}
|
|{{IPAlink|k}} {{grapheme|k}}
|{{IPAlink|ʔ}} {{grapheme|{{saltillo}}}}
|-
!<small>voiced</small>
|{{IPAlink|b}} {{grapheme|b}}
|{{IPAlink|d}} {{grapheme|d}}
|
|
|
|-
!<small>implosive</small>
|{{IPAlink|ɓ}} {{grapheme|ɓ}}
|{{IPAlink|ɗ}} {{grapheme|ɗ}}
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Fricative]]
|
|{{IPAlink|s}} {{grapheme|s}}   
|
|({{IPAlink|x}} {{grapheme|j}})
|{{IPAlink|h}} {{grapheme|j}}
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Affricate]]
|
|
|{{IPAlink|t͡ʃ}} {{grapheme|ch}}
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |[[Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
|{{IPAlink|m}} {{grapheme|m}}
|{{IPAlink|n}} {{grapheme|n}}
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[Liquid consonant|Liquid]]
!<small>trill</small>
|
|{{IPAlink|r}} {{grapheme|rr}}
|
|
|
|-
!<small>tap</small>
|
|{{IPAlink|ɾ}} {{grapheme|r}}
|
|
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|-
! colspan="2" |[[Approximant]]
|{{IPAlink|w}} {{grapheme|w}}
|
|{{IPAlink|j}} {{grapheme|y}}
|
|
|}
/h/ may also be heard as [x] in free variation.

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" | [[Front vowel|Front]]
! rowspan="2" | [[Central vowel|Central]]
! colspan="2" | [[Back vowel|Back]]
|-
!{{small|unrounded}}
!{{small|rounded}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Close vowel|High]]
!{{small|oral}}
| {{IPAlink|i}} {{grapheme|i}}
|
| {{IPAlink|ɯ}} {{grapheme|ɯ}}
| {{IPAlink|u}} {{grapheme|u}}
|-
!{{small|nasal}}
| {{IPAlink|ĩ}} {{grapheme|ĩ}}
|
| {{IPAlink|ɯ̃}} {{grapheme|ɯ̃}}
| {{IPAlink|ũ}} {{grapheme|ũ}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Mid vowel|Mid]]
!{{small|oral}}
| {{IPAlink|e}} {{grapheme|e}}
|
|
| {{IPAlink|o}} {{grapheme|o}}
|-
!{{small|nasal}}
| {{IPAlink|ẽ}} {{grapheme|ẽ}}
|
|
| {{IPAlink|õ}} {{grapheme|õ}}
|-
! rowspan="2" | [[Open vowel|Low]]
!{{small|oral}}
|
| {{IPAlink|a}} {{grapheme|a}}
|
|
|-
!{{small|nasal}}
|
| {{IPAlink|ã}} {{grapheme|ã}}
|
|
|}
<ref>{{Cite book|last=Licht|first=Daniel A|title=Karta ẽbẽra beɗea ɓɯ kawabiy ita / Manual de enseñanza y escritura ẽbẽra-chamí|last2=Vélez|first2=Rubén G|last3=Carupia|first3=Marcario P|year=2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Gralow |first=Frances L. |title=Fonología del chamí |year=1976 |location=In Sistemas fonológicos de idiomas colombianos 3 |pages=29-42}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Reflist}}

{{Choco languages}}
{{Languages of Colombia}}

[[Category:Languages of Colombia]]
[[Category:Choco languages]]


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