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Nadëb or Kaburi is a
Nadahup language The Naduhup languages, also known as Makú (Macú) or ''Vaupés–Japurá'', form a small language family in Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. The name '' Makú'' is pejorative, being derived from an Arawakan word meaning "without speech". ''Nada ...
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

All vowels except for /e, ɤ, o/ have nasalized counterparts.


Consonants


References


External links


Nadëb basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database
Languages of Brazil Nadahup languages Object–subject–verb languages {{indigenousAmerican-lang-stub