Sumba languages

The Sumba languages are a subgroup of the Austronesian language family, spoken on Sumba, an island in eastern Indonesia.^[1][2] They are closely related to the Hawu-Dhao languages.^[3]

Geographic
distributionIndonesia

Linguistic classificationAustronesian

• Malayo-Polynesian
  • Central–Eastern
    • Sumba–Flores
      • Sumba–Hawu
        • Sumba

Glottologsumb1243

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Sumba
Geographic distribution	Indonesia
Linguistic classification	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Sumba–Flores Sumba–Hawu Sumba
Language codes
Glottolog	sumb1243
The Indonesian island of Sumba, where the Sumba languages are spoken

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