Southern Emberá of Emberá (embr) > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Southern Emberá
Type:
Dialect
Alternate Names:
Epena; Emberá-Saija; Saija; Epená Saija; Epéna Pedée; Southern Embera; Southern Empera; Cholo; Epena Pedee; Ember-Saija; Choco; Southern Ępęra; Emperá; Saixa; Saixa-Baudo
Spoken in:
Ecuador, Colombia, Panama
Number of speakers:
3,500 in Colombia (2004), increasing. Population total all countries: 3,550
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
30
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
8050
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
sja
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Chocoan (Choco, Choko)
Parent Dialect Group:
Emberá; Catío; Chamí; Napipí River; Saija; Sambú; Embera; Emberá Group; Chocó (embr)
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Southern Emberá
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