Jebero language

Jebero 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.

Phonology

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
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 flap in the syllable onset and as a trill in the syllable coda.
is a glottalized flap. Intervocalically, it is realized as a sequence.