Catio language

Catío
Emberá-Catío
Native toColombia, Panama
Native speakers
(15,000 cited 1992)
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.

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'.