Bima-Sumba languages
| Sumba | |
|---|---|
| Sumba-Hawu | |
| Geographic distribution |
Indonesia |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
| Subdivisions |
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| Glottolog | sumb1242 |
The Sumba languages are a group of closely related Austronesian languages which belong to the larger linkage of the Central Malayo-Polynesian languages.
The most widely spoken Sumba 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.
The Sumba languages are all closely related. Blust (2009) found convincing evidence for linking Sumba with Hawu, the most divergent language.
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