Nasal and Oral Segments in Jê: A Typological Overview Sebastian Clendenning-Jimenez & Myriam Lapierre Amazônicas IX, Universidad de los Andes 1. Background ❖ Languages of the Jê family exhibit complex patterns of subsegmental allophonic variation between nasal and oral segments (e.g. [m ~ mb ~ bm ~ bmb]) Figure 1: Jê language family (Nikulin 2020) ❖ To understand the distribution of these segments, we conducted an exhaustive typological review of all available literature on all extant Jê languages: ➢ Apinayé ➢ Laklãnõ ➢ Kaingang (varieties: Central, Paraná, São Paulo, Southeastern, Southwestern) ➢ Kĩsêdjê ➢ Kajkwakhrattxi ➢ Mẽbêngôkre (varieties: Kayapó, Xikrin) ➢ Panãra ➢ Timbira (varieties: Apãniekrá [Canela], Ramkokamekrá [Canela], Krahô, Pykobyê, Krĩkatí, Parkatêjê, Kyikatêjê) ➢ Xavante (possible varieties: Culuene, Pimentel Barbosa, Simões Lopes, São Marcos) ➢ Xerente 1