| 词条 | Sumba languages |
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|name=Sumba |altname=Sumba-Hawu |region=Indonesia |familycolor=Austronesian |fam2=Malayo-Polynesian (MP) |fam3=Nuclear MP |fam4=Central–Eastern MP |fam5=Sumba–Flores |child1=Savu |child2=Sumba Island |glotto=sumb1242 |glottorefname=Sumba–Hawu }} 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.{{Citation needed|date=October 2013}} 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. ClassificationThe Sumba languages are all closely related. Blust (2009)[1] found convincing evidence for linking Sumba with Hawu, the most divergent language.
References1. ^Robert Blust, 2009. "Is there a Bima–Sumba subgroup?" In Oceanic Linguistics {{austronesian-lang-stub}} 2 : Languages of Indonesia|Sumba languages |
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