Djeoromitxí language

Djeoromitxi or Jabutí (Yabuti) is an endangered Yabutian language that is spoken by only about fifty people (though including some children) in Rondônia, Brazil, at the headwaters of the Rio Branco.

[2] The table below shows the consonant phonemes of Djeoromitxí according to Ribeiro and van der Voort (2010).

[6] The tables below show the vowel phonemes of Djeoromitxí according to Ribeiro and van der Voort (2010).

[3] The accounts of Pires (1992) and Ribeiro and van der Voort (2010) basically agree on the vowel phonemes.

pakuwomannõtʃioldØ-3-hukʉkʉleavepaku nõtʃi Ø- hukʉkʉwoman old 3- leave'The old woman left'adʒɛyouna3riDATkukafruitõgiveadʒɛ na ri kuka õyou 3 DAT fruit give'You give the fruit to him'The following table shows Djeoromitxí pronominal forms.