Sumba–Flores languages
Subgroup of the Austronesian language family
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The Sumba–Flores languages, which correspond to the traditional "Bima–Sumba" subgroup minus Bima, are a proposed group of Austronesian languages (geographically Central–Eastern Malayo-Polynesian languages) spoken on and around the islands of Sumba and western–central Flores in the Lesser Sundas, Indonesia. The main languages are Manggarai, which has half a million speakers on the western third of Flores, and Kambera, with a quarter million speakers on the eastern half of Sumba Island.
distributionIndonesia (Lesser Sunda Islands)
- Malayo-Polynesian
- (Central)
- Eastern Lesser Sunda languages
- Sumba–Flores
- Eastern Lesser Sunda languages
- (Central)
- Sumba–Hawu
- Western Flores
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| Geographic distribution | Indonesia (Lesser Sunda Islands) |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Glottolog | flor1240 |
The Hawu language of Savu Island is suspected of having a non-Austronesian substratum, but perhaps not to any greater extent than the languages of central and eastern Flores, such as Sika, or indeed of Central Malayo-Polynesian languages in general.
Classification
Blust (2008)[1] finds moderate support for linking the languages of western and central Flores with Sumba–Hawu.
- Sumba–Flores
- Sumba–Hawu
- Hawu–Dhao
- Sumba languages (see)
- Western Flores
- Sumba–Hawu
