Kaera language
| Kaera | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Pantar Island |
Native speakers | 5,500 (2014)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 |
jka |
| Glottolog |
kaer1234[2] |
Kaera is a Papuan language of Pantar island in the Alor archipelago of Indonesia.
Phonology
All the information in this section is from Klamer's sketch grammar.[3]
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:".
- ↑ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Kaera". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ↑ Klamer, Marian (2014). "3: Kaera". In Schapper, Antoinette. The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1: Sketch Grammars. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 97–146.
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