Emberá-Catío language
| Catío | |
|---|---|
| Emberá-Catío | |
| Native to | Colombia, Panama |
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Native speakers
|
(15,000 cited 1992) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | |
| Glottolog | embe1260 |
Catío Emberá (Catío, Katío) is an indigenous American language spoken by the Embera people of Colombia and Panama.
The language was spoken by 15,000 people in Colombia, and a few dozen in Panama, according to data published in 1992. 90 to 95% of the speakers are monolingual with a 1% literacy rate. The language is also known as Eyabida, and like most Embera languages goes by the name Embena 'human'.
The orthography of the language is in brackets:
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