Sumba–Hawu Languages

	Sumba–Hawu Languages The Sumba–Hawu languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages, spoken in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The most widely spoken Sumba–Hawu language is Kambera, with a quarter million speakers on the eastern half of Sumba Island. 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. Classification The Sumba–Hawu languages are all closely related. Blust (2008) found convincing evidence for linking Kambera (representing the Sumba languages) with Hawu. Sumba–Hawu * Hawu–Dhao * Hawu * Dhao Sumba languagesAsplund, Leif (2010)''The Languages of Sumba.''Paper presented at the East Nusantara Conference in Kupang. Central–East Sumbanese *East Sumbanese: Kambera (dialect cluster) Mamboru Central Sumbanese * Anakalangu * Wanukaka * Pondu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Sika Language The Sikka language or Sikkanese, also known as Sika, is spoken by around 180,000 people of the Sika ethnic group on Flores island in East Nusa Tenggara province, Indonesia. It is a member of the Central Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family. Sikka is notable for being one of the few languages which contain a non-allophonic labiodental flap. Like many other languages in eastern Indonesia, it shows evidence of having a Papuan (non-Austronesian) substratum Substrata, plural of substratum, may refer to: Earth's substrata, the geologic layering of the Earth ''Hypokeimenon'', sometimes translated as ''substratum'', a concept in metaphysics Substrata (album), a 1997 ambient music album by Biosphere ..., but in the case of Sika, this includes extreme morphological simplification and about 20% lexical replacement in basic vocabulary. It has been hypothesized that the Austronesian languages in that area could be descendants of a creole language, resulting fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gaura Language Kodi is a Sumba language of Indonesia. The population figure may include Gaura ''Gaura'' was a genus of flowering plants in the family Onagraceae, native to North America. The name was derived from Greek Language, Greek ''(gaûros)'' meaning "superb" and named in reference to the stature and floral display of some specie ..., which ''Ethnologue'' counts as a dialect of both the Lamboya and Kodi languages. Kodi is an Austronesian language that is mainly spoken in Nusa Tenggara Timur province, the western part of the island of Sumba in eastern Indonesia. An alternate name for Kodi is Kudi and dialects of the language include Kodi Bokol, Kodi Bangedo, Nggaro (Nggaura) and is most alike to Wejewa. With only approximately 20,000 speakers, the Kodi language is an endangered language. Classification Austronesian, Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Sumba-Hawu, Sumba, Kodi-Gaura. History The Kodi language is derived from the Melanesian and Austronesian lang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]