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Catio language

Catio language

Chocoan language spoken in Colombia and Panama

Not to be confused with Old Catio language.

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

Quick Facts Catío, Native to ...

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]

Vowels
aãeẽiĩoõuũʉʉ̃
Consonants
mkbptchszgjrrrdnywñ

Phonology

Consonants

More information Bilabial, Alveolar ...

Vowels

More information Front, Central ...

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Notes

  1. [1]
    Catío at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. [2]
    Emberá-Catío, Ethnologue, 1992, access date 04-18-08
  3. [3]
    Silva Vallejo & Majore 2018, p. 77-78.
  4. [4]
    Mortensen, Charles Arthur (1994). Nasalization in a revision of Embera-Katio phonology. University of Texas at Arlington.

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