Kaera language

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.

Kaera
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Pantar Island
Native speakers	5,500 (2014)[1]
Language family	Trans–New Guinea ? West Bomberai ? Timor–Alor–Pantar Alor–Pantar Kaera
Language codes
ISO 639-3	jka
Glottolog	kaer1234
ELP	Kaera

Phonology

All the information in this section is from Klamer's sketch grammar.^[2]

Consonants

Consonant phonemes

	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

Monophthong phonemes

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i • iː		u • uː
Mid	ɛ • ɛː		ɔ • ɔː
Open		a • aː

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.

External links

• Kaera Abangiwang Collection at The Language Archive