Emberá Catío
Chocoan language spoken in Colombia and Panama
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Catío Emberá (Catío, Katío) is an indigenous American language spoken by the Embera people of Colombia and Panama.[2]
Native speakers
(15,000 cited 1992)[1]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]
