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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 15000 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’.