Kaera language
Kaera | |
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Native to | Trans–New Guinea ?
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | jka |
Glottolog | kaer1234 |
ELP | Kaera |
Kaera is a
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 | ||||||
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Plosive
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p | b | t |
d
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k | g | ||||
Fricative
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s | x | (h) | |||||||
Nasal | m | n
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ŋ | |||||||
Trill | r
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Lateral approximant | l
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Approximant
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w | j |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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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.