Northern Emberá

Facts

  • Language: Northern Emberá
  • Alternate names: Emperã, Eberã Bed'ea, Eperã Pedea, Atrato, Darién, Dariena, Panama Embera, Eberã, Cholo, Choco, Emberá, Northern, Empera, Ebera Bedea, Darien, Eerã, Embera, Northern Ember, Andagueda, Northern Ępęra, Emperá, Emberá
  • Language code: emp
  • Language family: Chocoan, Emberá, Northern Emberá (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers:
  • Vulnerability: Dormant
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Traditional religion, Christian.

    The Emberá dialect continuum (Catío, Chamí, Napipí River, Saija, Sambú) includes Southern Emberá and Northern Emberá (Emperã, Eberã Bed’ea, Eperã Pedea, Atrato, Darién, Dariena, Panama Embera, Eberã, Cholo [Choco]). Ethnologue lists 6 distinct Emberá languages, 2 Northern Emberá: Emberá-Catío [cto] Northern Emberá [Emp] and 4 Southern Emberá: Emberá-Baudó [bdc] Emberá-Chamí [cmi] Epena (Emberá-Saija) [sjia] Emberá-Tadó [tdc].