Kambera (also known as Sumbanese, East Sumbanese, Oost-Sumbaas, Humba, Hilu Humba, East Sumba, and Sumba) is a Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Back
High
Mid
Low

The diphthongs /ai/ and /au/ function phonologically as the long counterparts to /e/ and /o/, respectively.

Consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	p	t		k
Implosive	ɓ	ɗ
Voiced affricate			dʒ
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Prenasalized stop	mb	ⁿd		ŋɡ
Prenasalized affricate			ɲdʒ
Fricative					h
Lateral		l
Rhotic		r
Semivowel	w		j
Prenasalized semivowel			ɲj

Kambera formerly had /s/, but a sound change occurring around the turn of the 20th century replaced all occurrences of former /s/ with /h/.

References

• Klamer, Marian (1998). Kambera. Berlin/New York: Mouton de Gruyter.
• Klamer, Marian (2005). The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar. London: Curzon Press.

External links

• Ethnologue report for language code:xbr