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."Kambera" at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019).
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 Ponduk Baliledu Wejewa–Lamboya Kodi–Gaura
References
External links Sumba–Hawu at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019).