Kara (also Lemusmus or Lemakot) is an Austronesian language spoken by about 5,000 people in 1998[1] in the Kavieng District of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea.
Central vowels [a] and [ə] contrast in both open and closed syllables.
[3] Example: Mid vowels [e] and [ɛ], and [o] and [ɔ] are complementary to each other in their respective pairs.
Kara has an unusual occurrence of stress, or relative emphasis of syllables.
Kara follows a verb–subject–object word order, and uses reduplication for creation of more complex sentences.
The language determines that body parts and kinship terms must be identified as belonging to someone which make it possible for inalienable possession.