| 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 a Papuan language spoken on the northeastern coast of Pantar island in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia. It belongs to the Timor-Alor-Pantar language family. Kaera is used alongside Indonesian in religious contexts, but not used in education.
Phonology
All the information in this section is from Klamer's sketch grammar.[2]
Consonants
| 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 | ||||||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i • iː | u • uː | |
| Mid | ɛ • ɛː | ɔ • ɔː | |
| Open | a • aː |
References
- ↑ "The Alor-Pantar languages".
- ↑ Klamer, Marian (2014). "Kaera". In Schapper, Antoinette (ed.). The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1: Sketch Grammars. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 97–146.
External links
- Kaera Abangiwang Collection at The Language Archive
For a list of words relating to Kaera language, see the Kaera language category of words in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
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