Emberá is usually divided into at least two major groupings: •
Northern Emberá •
Southern Emberá Each has a few regional
varieties. These varieties are sometimes considered
dialects but are actually distinct
languages. The Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America lists them as follows, along with alleged sub-varieties which may be places, extinct groups, or misspellings: •
Northern (Northern Antioquia, Emberá norteño) •
Catío (Katío): Dabeiba, Tukurá (Río Verde, upper Sinú, Emberá-Katío), Ngverá (San Jorge) •
Northern Emberá (Citará, Northwest Embera, West Embera): Darién (Sambú, Panamá Embera), Citará (Atrato, Andágueda), Juradó •
Southern •
Chamí (Caramanta, Embera-Chamí, East Embera, Southern Antioquia): Tadó*, Cristianía, Upper Andágueda, Mistrató, Garrapatas •
Baudó: Catrú, Dubasa, Purricha, Pavaja •
Eperara (Epena): Joaquincito, Cajambre, Naya, Saija, Tapaje, Satinga
Ethnologue (2005, 2009) treats
Tadó (*) as a separate language. A case can be made for classifying Baudó in the Northern Embera group. It has many features of both groups and is partially intelligible with the neighboring Northern Embera dialect as well as with Epena. ==Bibliography==