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Subgroup of the Austronesian language family From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Sumba–Hawu languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages, spoken in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia.
Sumba–Hawu | |
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Geographic distribution | Indonesia |
Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
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Glottolog | sumb1242 |
The most widely spoken Sumba–Hawu language is Kambera,[1] with a quarter million speakers on the eastern half of Sumba Island.[2]
The Hawu language of Savu Island is suspected of having a non-Austronesian substratum, but perhaps not to a greater extent that other languages of central and eastern Flores, such as Sika, or indeed of Central Malayo-Polynesian in general.
The Sumba–Hawu languages are all closely related. Blust (2008)[3] found convincing evidence for linking Kambera (representing the Sumba languages) with Hawu.
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