How to count in Catio (Ẽ́bẽra Katío), a Chocoan language spoken in Colombia and Panama.
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| Numeral | Cardinal |
|---|---|
| 1 | ába |
| 2 | umé |
| 3 | ũbéa |
| 4 | kimárẽ |
| 5 | wesoma, huwua (“1 hand”) |
| 6 | huwua ába audu ába |
| 7 | huwua ába audu umé |
| 8 | huwua ába audu ũbéa |
| 9 | huwua ába audu kimárẽ |
| 10 | huwua umé (“2 hands”) |
| 11 | huwua ume audu ába |
| 12 | huwua ume audu umé |
| 13 | huwua ume audu ũbéa |
| 14 | huwua ume audu kimárẽ |
| 15 | huwua ũbéa (“3 hands”) |
| 16 | huwua ũbéa audu ába |
| 17 | huwua ũbéa audu umé |
| 18 | huwua ũbéa audu ũbéa |
| 19 | huwua ũbéa audu kimárẽ |
| 20 | huwua ũbéa (“4 hands”) |
| 21 | kakua ába audu ába |
| 22 | kakua ába audu umé |
| 23 | kakua ába audu ũbéa |
| 24 | kakua ába audu kimárẽ |
| 26 | kakua ába audu ya ába |
| 27 | kakua ába audu ya umé |
| 28 | kakua ába audu ya ũbéa |
| 29 | kakua ába audu ya kimárẽ |
| 30 | kakua ába audu huwua umé |
| 40 | kakua umé |
| 60 | kakua ũbéa |
| 80 | kakua kimárẽ |
| 100 | kakua wesomá |
| 1,000 | ya kakua wesoma bama wesomé |
https://lingweb.eva.mpg.de/channumerals/Embera-Catio.htm
https://www.scribd.com/document/Ẽbẽra-Katio-Bed-Ea-1
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