Sumba–Hawu languages

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