Eperara language
| Eperara | |
|---|---|
| Saija | |
| Epena | |
| Native to | Chocoan
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | sja |
| Glottolog | epen1239 |
| ELP | Epena |
 | |
Eperara a.k.a. Epena (Southern Embera) is an
Embera language
of Colombia, with about 250 speakers in Ecuador.
Geographic Distribution
Epena is spoken on the Pacific coastal rivers of the departments of
Wounaan is commonplace.[2]
The Basuradó dialect is spoken on the Basuradó River in the Department of the Chocó, near the Docampadó River. This is the only Epena dialect that differs significantly from the others.[2]
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.[3]
Phonology
Source:[4]
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 | trill | r
|
||||
| tap | ɾ | |||||
| Glide | 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 |
Notes
- ^ a b Eperara at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ a b Harms, Phillip Lee (1994). "Epena Pedee syntax: Studies in the languages of Colombia 4" (PDF).
- ^ 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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