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Nadëb

A language of Brazil

ISO 639-3: mbj

Population	300 (1986 SIL).
Region	Amazonas, 3 locations on Uneiuxi River: a tributary of Negro River, on Japura and Negro rivers.
Language map	Brazil, reference number 23
Alternate names	Anodöub, Kabari, Kabori, Makú Nadëb, Makunadöbö, Nadeb Macu, Nadöbö, Xiriwai, Xuriwai
Classification	Maku
Language development	Bible portions: 1999–2007.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Ruhlen and others classify it as Puinave in Macro-Tucanoan. Seminomadic. OSV. Hunter-gatherers.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

SENN, Beatrice; SENN, Rodolfo, authors. 1998. Updated phonemic analysis of the Nadëb language.

WEIR, E. M. Helen, author. 1981. "Desenvolvimento diacrônico de certos prefixos verbais na língua Nadëb."

WEIR, E. M. Helen, author. 1984. A negação e outros tópicos da gramática nadëb.  

WEIR, E. M. Helen, author. 1986. "Footprints of yesterday’s syntax: Diachronic development of certain verb prefixes in an OSV language (Nadëb)."

WEIR, E. M. Helen, author. 1990. "Incorporation in Nadëb."

WEIR, E. M. Helen, author. 1994. "Nadëb."