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Embera Indian Language (Emberá-Wounaan, Empera, Cholo, Pedea, Bedea)

Embera is a Chocoan language of South America.
Embera is spoken by around 80,000 people in Colombia and Panama. It has SOV word order.

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Embera Language Resources

Language map of Panama:

Indigenous Northern Colombia:
Maps showing the areas where the Embera dialects are spoken.

Diccionario Embera:
Online Spanish-Embera glossary, with some audio clips of spoken words.

UDHR: Sia Pedee (Embera):
Translation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights into Embera.

Language Museum: Emberá-Saija:
Embera translation of a Bible passage.

La Lengua Emberá:
Embera language information including a linguistic map of Brazil. Page in Spanish.

House of Languages: Embera:
Information about Embera language usage.

Northern Emberá

Embera-Catio

Embera-Baudo

Embera-Chami

Embera-Tado

Epena:
Demographic information on Embera from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Wikipedia: Emberá:
Encyclopedia articles on the Embera languages.

Emberá Language Tree:
Theories about Emberá's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

North Emberá Language Structures

Embera Chami Language Structures

Embera Catio Language Structures

Epena Pedee Language Structures:
Embera linguistic profiles and academic bibliographies.

Embera Culture and History Links

The Embera and Waounan:
Ethnography of the Embera and other indigenous people of Panama and Colombia.

Wikipedia: Emberá :
History and traditions of the Embera tribe.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Endangered Languages Project: Embera-Catio:

Epena (Embera-Saija):

Northern Embera

Southern Embera:
Bibliography of language resources in different Embera dialects.
  Wikipedia: Embera:
  Encyclopedia articles on the Embera tribe.
  Los Embera

Los Emberas

Pueblo Embera:

Etnia Epera:
Information about the Embera Indians in Spanish.

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