title: Japreria language
text: # Japreria language
  
  Japrería (Yapreria) is a Cariban language of Venezuela.
  
  ## Phonology
  
  The orthography, if different from the IPA, is represented in angled brackets.
  
  Consonants :
  
  | | Labial | Alveolar | Post-alveolar | Dorsal | Glottal |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Nasal | m | n | | | |
  | Stop/ Affricate | p | t | t͡ʃ ⟨ch/č⟩ | k ⟨k/c/qu⟩ | ʔ ⟨unknown⟩ |
  | Fricative | | s | ʃ ⟨sh/š⟩ | | h ⟨h/j⟩ |
  | Approximant | ʋ ⟨v⟩ | | | j ⟨y/j⟩ | |
  | Rhotic | | ɾ ⟨r⟩ | | ʀ ⟨ŕ⟩ | |
  
  /ʋ/ is labiodental, while /m, p/ are bilabial.
  
  Vowels :
  
  | | Front | Central | Back |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Close | i | ɨ ⟨ü/y/ɨ⟩ | u |
  | Open | e | a | o |
  