Nadëb language

Nadahup language spoken in Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Nadëb or Kaburi[3] is a Nadahup language of the Brazilian Amazon, along the Uneiuxi, Japura, and Negro rivers. Various names for it include Nadöbö, Xïriwai, Hahöb, Guariba/Wariwa, Kaborí, Anodöub, sometimes compounded with the term Maku, as in Maku do Paraná Boá-Boá after one of the rivers in Nadëb territory.

NativetoBrazil
RegionAmazonas
Ethnicity850 (2010)[1]
Native speakers
370 (2011)[2]
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Nadëb
Kaburi
Native toBrazil
RegionAmazonas
Ethnicity850 (2010)[1]
Native speakers
370 (2011)[2]
Nadahup
  • Nadëb
Dialects
  • Kuyawi
Language codes
ISO 639-3mbj
Glottolognade1244
ELPNadëb
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Phonology

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Front Central Back
Close i ĩ ɨ ɨ̃ u ũ
Close-mid e ə o
Open-mid ɛ ɛ̃ ʌ ʌ̃ ɔ ɔ̃
Open a ã
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All vowels except for /e, ə, o/ have nasalized counterparts.[4]

Consonants

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Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɟ g
Fricative ʃ h
Flap ɾ
Semivowel j w
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