Catio language
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]
| Catío | |
|---|---|
| Emberá-Catío | |
| Native to | Colombia, Panama |
Native speakers | (15,000 cited 1992)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cto |
| Glottolog | embe1260 |
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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]
| a | ã | e | ẽ | i | ĩ | o | õ | u | ũ | ʉ | ʉ̃ |
| m | k | b | p | t | ch | s | z | g | j | r | rr | d | n | y | w | ñ |
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate |
aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | t͡ʃʰ | kʰ | |
| ejective | pʼ | tʼ | t͡ʃʼ | kʼ | ||
| voiced | b | d | d͡ʒ | |||
| Fricative | aspirated | sʰ | h | |||
| ejective | sʼ | |||||
| 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 ẽ | o õ | ||
| Low | a ã | |||
Notes
- ^ Catío at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
- ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Catio language at Ethnologue (12th ed., 1992).
- ^ Silva Vallejo & Majore 2018, p. 77-78.
- ^ 4.0 4.1 Mortensen, Charles Arthur (1994). Nasalization in a revision of Embera-Katio phonology (MA thesis). Arlington: University of Texas.
Bibliography
- Silva Vallejo, Fabio; Majore, Iván Antonio Dominico (2018). "Los emberá katio del Alto Sinú-Córdoba". Oraloteca (in español). 9: 64–84.