Nadëb language
# Nadëb language

Nadëb or 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 | Back |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Front | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nasal | Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | |
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | | k | ʔ |
| Plosive | voiced | b | d | ɟ | g | ʔ |
| Fricative | Fricative | | | ʃ | | h |
| Flap | Flap | | ɾ | | | |
| Semivowel | Semivowel | | | j | w | |
