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Native to Colombia, Panama

Native speakers (15,000 cited 1992)

Language family Chocoan

Emberá
- Northern
  - Catío

ISO 639-3 cto

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Catio language

Language of Colombia

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'.

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Writing system

Catio is written with the Latin script.⁵

Vowels

ẽ

ʉ̃

Consonants

Phonology

Consonants

Consonants⁶

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive/Affricate	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ	t͡ʃʰ	kʰ
	ejective	pʼ	tʼ	t͡ʃʼ	kʼ
	voiced	b	d	d͡ʒ
Fricative	aspirated		sʰ			h
Fricative	ejective		sʼ
Nasal		m	n
Rhotic	trill		r
Rhotic	tap		ɾ
Semivowel		w

Vowels

Vowels⁷

	Front	Central	Back
	Front	Central	unrounded	rounded
High	i ĩ		ɯ ɯ̃	u ũ
Mid	e ẽ		o õ
Low		a ã

Notes

Bibliography

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

References

Catio language at Ethnologue (12th ed., 1992). /wiki/Ethnologue ↩
Catio language at Ethnologue (12th ed., 1992). /wiki/Ethnologue ↩
Catio language at Ethnologue (12th ed., 1992). /wiki/Ethnologue ↩
Catio language at Ethnologue (12th ed., 1992). /wiki/Ethnologue ↩
Silva Vallejo & Majore 2018, p. 77-78. - Silva Vallejo, Fabio; Majore, Iván Antonio Dominico (2018). "Los emberá katio del Alto Sinú-Córdoba". Oraloteca (in Spanish). 9: 64–84. http://revistas.unimagdalena.edu.co/index.php/oraloteca/article/download/2901/2183/8604 ↩
Mortensen, Charles Arthur (1994). Nasalization in a revision of Embera-Katio phonology (MA thesis). Arlington: University of Texas. https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/10027 ↩
Mortensen, Charles Arthur (1994). Nasalization in a revision of Embera-Katio phonology (MA thesis). Arlington: University of Texas. https://www.sil.org/resources/archives/10027 ↩