Language name and locationː Kaera, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 卡艾拉语, 印度尼西亚东努沙登加拉省潘塔尔岛中部

1. nuk(u)

21.  xar raxo beti nuk(u)

2. (a)rax-

22.  xar raxo beti (a)rax-

3. (i/u)tuɡ

23.  xar raxo beti (i/u)tuɡ

4. ut

24.  xar raxo beti ut

5. isim

25.  xar raxo beti isim

6. tia:m

26.  xar raxo beti tia:m

7. jesrax-    ('five two')

27.  xar raxo beti jesrax-

8. jentuɡ    ('five three')

28.  xar raxo beti jentuɡ

9. jeniut     ('five four')

29.  xar raxo beti jeniut

10. xar nuk ('ten one')

30.  xar (i/u)tuɡ

11. xar nuk beti nuk 

40.  xar ut 

12. xar nuk beti (a)rax-

50.  xar isim

13. xar nuk beti (i/u)tuɡ

60.  xar tia:m

14. xar nuk beti ut

70.  xar jesrax-

15. xar nuk beti isim

80.  xar jentuɡ

16. xar nuk beti tia:m

90.  xar jeniut

17. xar nuk beti jesrax-

100. ratu nuku (ratu < Indonesian)

18. xar nuk beti jentuɡ

200. ratu rax-

19. xar nuk beti jeniut

1000. ribu nuk (ribu < Indonesian)

20. xar raxo 

2000. ribu rax-

Linguist providing data and dateː Dr. Laura C. Robinson, Department of Linguistics, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska / Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA. December 4, 2013. Data taken fromː Numeral systems in the Alor-Pantar languages, Antoinette Schapper (Universität zu Köln), & Marian Klamer (Leiden University), 2013.

提供资料的语言学家: Dr. Laura C. Robinson, 2013 年 12 月 4 日.

Other comments: Kaera is spoken by approximately 5,500 speakers in Pantar, and Tamalabang and nearby villages on northeast coast, East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. Kaera is a recently discovered language related to Teiwa, Deing originally has a quinary counting system similar to that of Teiwa. Kaera numerals shows traces of a quinary (base-5) system, the forms with xar 'ten', '-teen', rug is a morpheme that is only used in numerals between ten and the twenty. ratu 'hundred' and ribu 'thousand' are borrowed from Indonesian.

Note between traditional phonetic symbols and IPA transcription: y = IPA [j].