The Sumba–Hawu languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages, spoken in

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. The most widely spoken Sumba–Hawu language is Kambera, with a quarter million speakers on the eastern half of

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. The

Hawu language The Hawu language (Hawu: ) is the language of the Savu people of Savu Island in Indonesia and of Raijua Island off the western tip of Savu. Hawu has been referred to by a variety of names such as Havu, Savu, Sabu, Sawu, and is known to outsid ...

of Savu Island is suspected of having a non-Austronesian

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, 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. * Hawu–Dhao ** Hawu ** Dhao *

Sumba languages The Sumba languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family, spoken on Sumba, an island in eastern Indonesia.Asplund, Leif (2010)''The Languages of Sumba.''Paper presented at the East Nusantara Conference in Kupang. They are closely r ...

Asplund, 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, Ponduk, Baliledu ** Wejewa– Lamboya **

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References

External links

Sumba–Hawu
at '' Ethnologue'' (22nd ed., 2019). Languages of Indonesia {{austronesian-lang-stub