Jebero | |
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Shiwilu | |
Native to | Peru |
Region | Jeberos |
Ethnicity | 2,500 (2000) |
Native speakers | 30 (2012)[1] |
Cahuapanan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | jeb |
Glottolog | jebe1250 |
ELP | Shiwilu |
Jebero (Chebero, Xebero, Xihuila) is a moribund Amazonian language spoken by the Jebero people of Jeberos, Peru. It is spoken by only a small number of older adults and belongs to the Cahuapanan family together with Chayahuita.
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | ɘ | ||
Open | a |
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
Stop | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ | |
Fricative | s | ʃ | (h) | |||
Trill | plain | r | ||||
glottalized | ˀr | |||||
Approximant | central | w | ð | j | ||
lateral | l | ʎ |