Catío Emberá (Catío, Katío) is an indigenous American language spoken by the Embera people of Colombia and Panama.[2]

The language was spoken by 15,000 people in Colombia, and a few dozen in Panama, according to data published in 1992.[2] 90 to 95% of the speakers are monolingual with a 1% literacy rate.[2] The language is also known as Eyabida, and like most Embera languages goes by the name Embena 'human'.[2]

Writing system

Catio is written with the Latin script.[3]

Phonology

Consonants

Vowels

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Notes

Bibliography

• Silva Vallejo, Fabio; Majore, Iván Antonio Dominico (2018). "Los emberá katio del Alto Sinú-Córdoba". Oraloteca (in Spanish). 9: 64–84.

На других языках

[fr] Emberá catío

[ru] Катио