Emberá-Chamí

CMI

developing

Alternate Names: Chami

Genealogy:

Chocoan
Emberá
Southern Emberá

Demographics: 5,510 (2001 DNP). Ethnic population: Total Emberá in Colombia: 71,000 (Arango Ochoa and Sánchez Gutierrez 1998).

Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%–15%. Grammar. Bible portions: 1989–1994.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Colombia