Catío | |
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Emberá-Catío | |
Native to | Colombia, Panama |
Native speakers | (15,000 cited 1992)[1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | cto |
Glottolog | embe1260 |
ELP | Emberá-Catío |
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]