Emberá-Catío

Facts

  • Language: Emberá-Catío
  • Alternate names: Emperã, Eberã Bed'ea, Eperã Pedea, Atrato, Darién, Dariena, Panama Embera, Eberã, Cholo, Choco, Emberá-Catío, Catio, Katio, Embena, Eyabida (Alternate names in Panama: Catío, Epera), Ember-Cato, Dabeiba, Catío
  • Language code: cto
  • Language family: Chocoan, Emberá, Northern Emberá (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 88,747
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

    Catio is sometimes used for other Chocoan groups.

    The Emberá dialect continuum (Catío, Chamí, Napipí River, Saija, Sambú) includes Southern Emberá and Northern Emberá (Emperã, Eberã Bed’ea, Eperã Pedea, Atrato, Darién, Dariena, Panama Embera, Eberã, Cholo [Choco]). Ethnologue lists 6 distinct Emberá languages: Northern Emberá (2languages) Emberá, Northern [emp] Emberá-Catío [cto] Southern Emberá (4 languages) Emberá-Baudó [bdc] Emberá-Chamí [cmi] Emberá-Tadó [tdc] Epena [sja]