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]

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

Classification

A preliminary internal classification by Asplund (2010) recognizes three branches of the Sumba languages:^[2][4]

• Sumba
  • Central–East Sumbanese
    • East Sumbanese: Kambera (dialect cluster)
    • Mamboru
    • Central Sumbanese
      • Anakalangu
      • Wanukaka
      • Baliledu-Buawa
  • Wejewa–Lamboya
    • Wejewa
    • Lamboya
  • Kodi–Garo
    • Kodi
    • Garo