| Kaera | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Pantar Island |
Native speakers | 5,500 (2014)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | jka |
| Glottolog | kaer1234 |
| ELP | Kaera |
Kaera is aPapuan language spoken on the northeastern coast ofPantar island in theAlor archipelago ofIndonesia. It belongs to theTimor-Alor-Pantar language family. Kaera is used alongside Indonesian in religious contexts, but not used in education.
All the information in this section is from Klamer's sketch grammar.[2]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||
| Fricative | s | x | (h) | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||||||
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i •iː | u •uː | |
| Mid | ɛ •ɛː | ɔ •ɔː | |
| Open | a •aː |
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