Nadahup language spoken in Brazil
Not——to be, confused with Kaburi language.
Nadëb | |
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Kaburi | |
Native to | Brazil |
Region | Amazonas |
Ethnicity | 850 (2010) |
Native speakers | 370 (2011) |
Nadahup
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | mbj |
Glottolog | nade1244 |
ELP | Nadëb |
Nadëb/Kaburi 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 | Back | ||
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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.
Consonants※
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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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※
- ^ 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
- ^ "SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories". linguistics.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
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