The Sumba languages are a subgroup of the
Austronesian language family, spoken on
Sumba, an island in eastern
Indonesia
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[Asplund, Leif (2010)]
''The Languages of Sumba.''
Paper presented at the East Nusantara Conference in Kupang. They are closely related to the
Hawu–Dhao languages.
Classification
A preliminary internal classification by Asplund (2010) recognizes three branches of the Sumba languages:
*Central–East Sumbanese
**East Sumbanese: Kambera (dialect cluster)
** Mamboru
**Central Sumbanese: Anakalangu, Wanukaka, Ponduk, Baliledu
*Wejewa–Lamboya
** Wejewa
** Lamboya
*Kodi–Gaura
**Kodi
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** Gaura
References
Further reading
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External links
Sumba
at '' Ethnologue'' (22nd ed., 2019).
Languages of Indonesia
Sumba–Hawu languages
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