Makalero or Maklere is a Papuan language spoken in the Lautém district of East Timor.

It was previously considered to be a dialect of Makasae, but is nowadays seen as a separate language, both by its speakers and linguists.

Nearly all content words can be heads of NPs as well as predicates.

asi-atupusi1S:POSS-bellyhaiNSITnomoNEGisitill[2]: 98  asi-atupusi hai nomo isit1S:POSS-belly NSIT NEG ill'my belly did not hurt anymore'Ki-isit=ee3:POSS-ill=DEFhaiNSITk-ua-misa3:UND-on.top:RED-go.up[2]: 98  Ki-isit=ee hai k-ua-misa3:POSS-ill=DEF NSIT 3:UND-on.top:RED-go.up'His illness got worse' (lit.

The avalent verbs are adverbial verbs such as atanana 'first,' hana’e 'a long time ago,' aire’ 'now,' kamunei 'tomorrow,' mu’it 'for a long time,' raine’ 'last night,' and tone’ 'maybe.'