Kaera is a

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spoken on the northeastern coast of Pantar island in the Alor archipelago of

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. 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.

Consonants

Vowels

References

External links

Kaera Abangiwang Collection
at The Language Archive Alor–Pantar languages Articles citing ISO change requests Languages of Indonesia {{TNG-lang-stub