It is spoken in the villages of Lereh, Harna, Wes, Masta, and Aurina.
[6]: 456 Monosyllabic minimal pairs showing phonemic tone contrast include: In multisyllabic words, only one stressed syllable carries full tone contrasts, while the other syllables are "neutral" or toneless.
[6]: 456 Multisyllabic minimal sets include: Attested pronouns are 1sg wẽ, 2sg hane, 1pl nene.
[6] Voorhoeve (1975) suggested that Kaure was related to Kapori and Kosare, two otherwise unclassified languages.
However, subsequent evaluations have not found any significant connections (Rumaropen 2006, Wambaliau 2006).