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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	i iː	u uː
Mid	e ai	o au
Low	a, aː

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/.

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