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Closely related to Teiwa; considered by some in fact to be a dialect of Teiwa.

ALSO KNOWN AS		Dorit
CLASSIFICATION		Timor-Alor-Pantar
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		jka
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Information from: “Kaera” . Marian Klamer (2014) , Antoinette Schapper · De Gruyter

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~5,500
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2007

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"The language appeared to be relatively vigorous when I visited Abangiwang in 2007. Many of the children playing outside were using Kaera amongst themselves"

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

Indonesian

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS

"Kaera and Indonesian are both used in church, mostly depending on who is conducting the service: if it is a Kaera speaker, most of the service will be in Kaera; if it is a speaker from another language, it will be in Indonesian. Kaera is not allowed in school, Indonesian being the language of education."

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: "Kaera speakers currently live in the following villages: Abang Iwang (~1,500 [speakers]), Padangsul and Bibit Gomi (~2000), Matgomi/Weniwa (~50), and Tamal Abang (~2000)... The Kaera speaking region borders with Blagar to the north and south, and with Teiwa to the west."

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
10,000
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 2005-2006

PLACES: Indonesia

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken on the Eastern coast of Pantar Island.

Kaera

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Language information by source

Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~5,500

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

Discussion

					2010	One item, many faces: ‘Come’ in Teiwa and Kaera.	Typological and areal analyses: Contributions from East Nusantara	205-227		Michael Ewing and Marian Klamer		Canberra: Pacific Linguistics									Marian Klamer	Marian Klamer. 2010. "One Item, Many Faces: ‘Come’ in Teiwa and Kaera." In Typological and areal analyses: Contributions from East Nusantara, edited by Michael Ewing and Marian Klamer. 205-227. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics.						10,000	2005-2006	10000-99999													Vulnerable (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)								Indonesia	Spoken on the Eastern coast of Pantar Island.	-8.367769, 124.239471
978-1-61451-723-8					2014	Kaera	The Papuan Languages of Timor, Alor and Pantar: Volume 1			Antoinette Schapper		De Gruyter									Marian Klamer							~5,500	2007	1000-9999					Indonesian in education	Indonesian				"Kaera and Indonesian are both used in church, mostly depending on who is conducting the service: if it is a Kaera speaker, most of the service will be in Kaera; if it is a speaker from another language, it will be in Indonesian. Kaera is not allowed in school, Indonesian being the language of education."			Vulnerable (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	10		"The language appeared to be relatively vigorous when I visited Abangiwang in 2007. Many of the children playing outside were using Kaera amongst themselves"					Indonesia	"Kaera speakers currently live in the following villages: Abang Iwang (~1,500 [speakers]), Padangsul and Bibit Gomi (~2000), Matgomi/Weniwa (~50), and Tamal Abang (~2000)... The Kaera speaking region borders with Blagar to the north and south, and with Teiwa to the west."	-8.310756, 124.031491

Kaera

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Vulnerable

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~5,500

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

10,000

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