| Kaera | |
| States: | Indonesia |
| Region: | Pantar Island |
| Speakers: | 5,500 |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Ref: | [1] |
| Familycolor: | Papuan |
| Fam1: | Trans–New Guinea ? |
| Fam2: | West Bomberai ? |
| Fam3: | Timor–Alor–Pantar |
| Fam4: | Alor–Pantar |
| Iso3: | jka |
| Glotto: | kaer1234 |
| Glottorefname: | 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.
All the information in this section is from Klamer's sketch grammar.[2]
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||
| pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | (pronounced as /ink/) | |||||||||
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||||
| Trill | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | pronounced as /ink/ | ||||||||||
| Approximant | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | |||||||||
| Close | pronounced as /ink/ • pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ • pronounced as /ink/ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ • pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ • pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /ink/ • pronounced as /ink/ |