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Jebero (Chebero, Xebero, Xihuila) is a moribund Amazonian language spoken by the Jebero people of , Peru. It is spoken by only a small number of older adults and belongs to the Cahuapanan family together with .


Phonology

Vowels
+ Monophthong phonemes ! ! ! !

  • varies between close front unrounded , near-close front unrounded and close-mid front unrounded .
  • varies between near-close near-front rounded and close-mid back weakly rounded , with the latter realization being the most usual.
  • varies between mid near-front unrounded and close-mid central unrounded .
    • is shorter than the other vowels, particularly between voiceless consonants.
    • The sequence is sometimes realized as a syllabic .
  • varies between open central unrounded and near-open retracted front . The vowel chart in puts in the near-open central position .
    • In closed syllables, is realized as open-mid central unrounded .


Consonants
+ Consonant phonemes ! colspan="2"! ! Alveolar ! Palatal ! ! Glottal

  • are bilabial, whereas is labialized velar.
  • is an affricate, rather than a plosive. It has nevertheless been placed in the table in that manner to save space.
  • are laminal denti-alveolar .
    • In the syllable coda, is realized with a wider contact, maximally dentoalveolo-velar .
    • After , the denti-alveolar contact is often not made, which makes sound more like a velar nasal .
    • may sometimes sound as if it were a lateral consonant, but it is never realized as lateral.
  • are dentoalveolo-palatal .
    • is sometimes realized as a weak fricative .
  • occurs only in the affirmative interjection .
  • is realized as a in the syllable onset and as a trill in the syllable coda.
  • is a glottalized flap . Intervocalically, it is realized as a sequence .


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