Catío Emberá (Catío, Katío) is an indigenous American language spoken by the

Embera people Embera or Emberá may refer to: * Emberá people, an ethnic group of Colombia and Panama * Embera language, a group of languages of Colombia and Panama * Comarca Emberá, a territory of Panama See also * AeroAndina MXP-158 Embera, an aircraft * H ...

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

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Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

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Ethnologue, 1992, access date 04-18-08 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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