Nadëb language

Not to be confused with Kaburi language.

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.

Nadëb
Kaburi
Native to	Brazil
Region	Amazonas
Ethnicity	850 (2010)[1]
Native speakers	370 (2011)[2]
Language family	Nadahup Nadëb
Dialects	Kuyawi
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mbj
Glottolog	nade1244
ELP	Nadëb

Phonology

	Front	Back
		unrounded	rounded
Close	i	ɯ	u
Close-mid	e	ɤ	o
Open-mid	ɛ	ʌ	ɔ
Open	a

All vowels except for /e, ɤ, o/ have nasalized counterparts.^[4]

Consonants

		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

References

1. Nadëb language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. "Nadëb". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
3. A completely different Kaburi language is spoken in West Papua
4. "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-23.

External links

• Nadëb basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database