Eperara language

Eperara
Saija
Epena
Native to Colombia
Native speakers
 3,552 in Colombia and Ecuador (2004–2011)[1]
plus an unknown number in Panama[2]
Chocoan
Language codes
ISO 639-3 sja
Glottolog epen1239[3]

Eperara a.k.a. Epena (Southern Embera) is an Embera language of Colombia, with about 250 speakers in Ecuador.

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop plain p t k ʔ
aspirated pʰ tʰ kʰ
voiced b d ɡ
Affricate t͡ʃ
Fricative s h
Nasal m n
Liquid r, ɾ
Approximant w j

Vowels

Front Central Back
High i ĩ iː ɨ ɨ̃ ɨː u ũ uː
Mid e ẽ eː ə ə̃ əː o õ oː
Low a ã aː

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Notes

  1. ↑ "Epena". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Epena". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
  4. ↑ Harms, Philip Lee (1984). Fonología del epena pedee (saija).


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