Nadëb language

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

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.

Phonology

	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

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

Consonants

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

References

↑ Nadëb language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
↑ "Nadëb". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
↑ A completely different Kaburi language is spoken in West Papua
↑ Barbosa, Jefferson Fernando (2005). Descricao fonologica da lingua nadeb. Brasilia: Universidade.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

External links

Nadëb basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

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[e18-1] 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] Barbosa, Jefferson Fernando (2005). Descricao fonologica da lingua nadeb. Brasilia: Universidade.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)

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