The Sumba–Hawu languages are a group of closely related

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, 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 of

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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. *Sumba–Hawu ** Hawu–Dhao *** Hawu *** Dhao **

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''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

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