Catio language

Catío Emberá (Catío, Katío) is an indigenous American language spoken by the Embera people of Colombia and Panama.[3]

Not to be confused with Old Catio language.
Catío
Emberá-Catío
Native toColombia, Panama
Native speakers
(15,000 cited 1992)[1]
Chocoan
Language codes
ISO 639-3cto
Glottologembe1260
ELPEmberá-Catío[2]

The language was spoken by 15,000 people in Colombia, and a few dozen in Panama, according to data published in 1992.[3] 90 to 95% of the speakers are monolingual with a 1% literacy rate.[3] The language is also known as Eyabida, and like most Embera languages goes by the name Embena 'human'.[3]

Phonology

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

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

[4]

Notes
  1. Catío at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
  2. Endangered Languages Project data for Emberá-Catío.
  3. Emberá-Catío, Ethnologue, 1992, access date 04-18-08
  4. Mortensen, Charles Arthur (1994). Nasalization in a revision of Embera-Katio phonology. University of Texas at Arlington.
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