Overview
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. 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 languages ***Central–East Sumbanese ****East Sumbanese: Kambera (dialect cluster) ****Mamboru ****Central Sumbanese *****Anakalangu *****Wanukaka *****Ponduk *****Baliledu ***Wejewa–Lamboya ***Kodi–Gaura
External links
* Sumba–Hawu at Ethnologue (22nd ed., 2019).