Kaera
Native toIndonesia
RegionPantar Island
Native speakers
5,500 (2014)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3jka
Glottologkaer1234
ELPKaera

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

Consonant phonemes
  Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive pb td    kg   
Fricative    s     x  (h) 
Nasal  m  n     ŋ   
Trill     r         
Lateral approximant     l         
Approximant  w     j      

Vowels

Monophthong phonemes
  Front Central Back
Close i   u
Mid ɛɛː   ɔɔː
Open   a  

References

  1. "The Alor-Pantar languages".
  2. 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.
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