Kaera language
Kaera | |
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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
[edit]All the information in this section is from Klamer's sketch grammar.[2]
Consonants
[edit]Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
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Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | ||||
Fricative | s | x | (h) | |||||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||
Trill | r | |||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||
Approximant | w | j |
Vowels
[edit]Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i • iː | u • uː | |
Mid | ɛ • ɛː | ɔ • ɔː | |
Open | a • aː |
References
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- Kaera Abangiwang Collection at The Language Archive
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