Japreria language

Japrería (also known as Yapreria, Motilón and Yukpa-Japrería)^[1] is a Cariban language of Venezuela.

Japrería
Yapreria, Motilón, Yukpa-Japrería[1]
Native to	Venezuela
Ethnicity	160 (2011)[2]
Native speakers	170 (2002 census)[2]
Language family	Cariban (unclassified) Yupka Japrería
Language codes
ISO 639-3	jru
Glottolog	japr1238
ELP	Japréria

Phonology

Consonants^[3]

	Labial	Alveolar	Post-alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Stop/Affricate	p	t	t͡ʃ		k		ʔ
Fricative		s	ʃ				h
Approximant	ʋ			j
Rhotic		ɾ				ʀ

• /ʋ/ is labiodental, while /m, p/ are bilabial.

Vowels^[3]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

• /ɨ/ and /u/ are allophones of [u].^[4]
• Central /ä/ has a front allophone [a].^[4]