Catio language


Catío Emberá is an Indigenous [peoples of the Americas|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'.

Writing system

Catio is written with the Latin script.
aãeiĩoõuũʉʉ̃

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Phonology

Vowels