Catío
Emberá-Catío
Native toColombia, Panama
Native speakers
(15,000 cited 1992)[1]
Chocoan
Language codes
ISO 639-3cto
Glottologembe1260
ELPEmberá-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]

Writing system

Catio is written with the Latin script.[3]

Vowels
aãeiĩoõuũʉʉ̃
Consonants
mkbptchszgjrrrdnywñ

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive/
Affricate
aspirated t͡ʃʰ
ejective t͡ʃʼ
voiced b d d͡ʒ
Fricative aspirated h
ejective
Nasal m n
Rhotic trill r
tap ɾ
Semivowel w

Vowels

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

[4]

Notes

  1. Catío at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Emberá-Catío, Ethnologue, 1992, access date 04-18-08
  3. Silva Vallejo & Majore 2018, p. 77-78.
  4. Mortensen, Charles Arthur (1994). Nasalization in a revision of Embera-Katio phonology. University of Texas at Arlington.

Bibliography


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