Endangered Languages Project - Emberá-Catío

Emberá-Catío

^{[aka Emperã, Eberã Bed'ea, Eperã Pedea]}

Classification: Chocoan

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		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
CLASSIFICATION		Chocoan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cto
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		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]

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Information from: “Language endangerment in South America: The clock is ticking” (167-234) . Crevels, Mily (2012) , Lyle Campbell and Veronica Grondona · Mouton de Gruyter

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
88,747
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
88,747
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Figures are for Emberá (Pede Epenã, Epérã Pedée, Pede, Chamí, Catío, Katío, Sambú).

DATE OF INFO: 2001

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,040
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Users in all countries: 15,040.
15,000 in Colombia, 40 in Panama.

DATE OF INFO: 1992 (Colombia), 1982 (Panama)

PLACES: Colombia

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: In Colombia: Antioquia, Chocó, and Córdoba departments: Murri, San Jorge, San Pedro, and upper Sinu rivers.
In Panama: Darien province.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
15,040
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
71,000?
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
15,000 in Colombia (1992 SIL). 90%–95% monolingual. Population total all countries: 15,040. Ethnic population: Total Emberá in Colombia: 71,000 (Arango and Sánchez 1998).

DATE OF INFO: 1992 speakers, 1998 population

PLACES: Colombia; Panama

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Antioquia, Cordoba, and Choco departments; upper Sinu, San Jorge, San Pedro, and Murri rivers.

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