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Emberá-Catío

Emberá-Catío is a Chocoan language spoken in Colombia and Panama, by about 15 thousand people. Glottolog rates it threatened.

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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'.

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Words in Emberá-Catío

MeaningWordRomanization
womanwẽ́ɾã
personebera*
namethr3*
eyedab3*
earkh3w3ru*
nosekheb3*
toothkhida*
tonguekhirame*
handhuwaha*
bloodwa*
boneb3w3r3*
kneesakhokho*
breasthu*
liverthrei*
waterbánia
fireth3b3phuria*
sun3madau*
starChidau*
stonemogara*
mountainkhathuma*
treebakhuru*
leafChirua*
nightdiamase*
dogusa*
fishbeda*
louseth3*
oneaba*
twoume*
Im3*
youp3*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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