Sumba–Hawu languages
| Sumba–Hawu | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Indonesia |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian |
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| Glottolog | sumb1242 |
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.