Nadëb language explained

Nadëb language should not be confused with Kaburi language.

Nadëb
Also Known As:	Kaburi
States:	Brazil
Region:	Amazonas
Ethnicity:	850 (2010)
Speakers:	370
Date:	2011
Ref:	^[1]
Familycolor:	American
Fam1:	Nadahup
Dia1:	Kuyawi
Iso3:	mbj
Glotto:	nade1244
Glottorefname:	Nadeb

Nadëb or Kaburi^[2] 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
		unrounded	rounded
Close	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Close-mid	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Open-mid	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Open	pronounced as /link/

All vowels except for /e, ɤ, o/ have nasalized counterparts.^[3]

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Plosive	voiceless	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
	voiced	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/
Fricative				pronounced as /link/		pronounced as /link/
Flap			pronounced as /link/
Semivowel				pronounced as /link/	pronounced as /link/

External links

• Nadëb basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database

Notes and References

1. News: Nadëb. Ethnologue. 2018-07-23. en.
2. A completely different Kaburi language is spoken in West Papua
3. Web site: SAPhon – South American Phonological Inventories. linguistics.berkeley.edu. en. 2018-07-23.