Eperara language
Eperara a.k.a. Epena (Southern Embera) is an Embera language of Colombia, with about 250 speakers in Ecuador.
| Eperara | |
|---|---|
| Saija | |
| Epena | |
| Native to | Colombia |
Native speakers | 3,552 in Colombia and Ecuador (2004–2011)[1] plus an unknown number in Panama[2] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sja |
| Glottolog | epen1239 |
| ELP | Epena[3] |
Orthography
- a - [a]
- ã - [ã]
- b - [b]
- ch - [t͡ʃ]
- d - [d]
- e - [e]
- ẽ - [ẽ]
- ë - [ə]
- ë̃ - [ə̃]
- g - [g]
- i - [i]
- ĩ - [ĩ]
- ï - [ɨ] (also written as ɨ in some texts)
- ï̃ - [ɨ̃]
- j - [h]
- k - [k]
- k' - [kʰ]
- m - [m]
- n - [n]
- o - [o]
- õ - [õ]
- p - [p]
- p' - [pʰ]
- r - [ɾ~r]
- s - [s]
- t - [t]
- t' - [tʰ]
- u - [u]
- ũ - [ũ]
- w - [w]
- y - [j]
Glottal stops are represented with hyphens.
Long vowels are doubled.
C, f, h, l, ñ, q, v, x, z are used in foreign words and names.[4]
Phonology[5]
Notes
- "Epena". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- Eperara language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Endangered Languages Project data for Epena.
- Eperara language and pronunciation, Omniglot.
- Harms, Philip Lee (1984). Fonología del epena pedee (saija).
Bibliography
- Harms, Phillip Lee. 1994. Epena Pedee Syntax. Dallas: Summer Institute of Linguistics and University of Texas at Arlington.
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