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Subgroup of the Austronesian language family
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]
Classification
A preliminary internal classification by Asplund (2010) recognizes three branches of the Sumba languages:
[2]
[4]
- Sumba
- Central–East Sumbanese
- Wejewa–Lamboya
- Kodi–Garo
References
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^ Lansing, J. S.; Cox, M. P.; Downey, S. S.; Gabler, B. M.; Hallmark, B.; Karafet, T. M.; Norquest, P.; Schoenfelder, J. W.; Sudoyo, H.; Watkins, J. C.; Hammer, M. F. (2007).
"Coevolution of languages and genes on the island of Sumba, eastern Indonesia". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 104 (41): 16022–16026.
Bibcode:
2007PNAS..10416022L.
doi:
10.1073/pnas.0704451104.
PMC
2042155.
PMID
17913885.
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a
b Asplund, Leif (2010).
The Languages of Sumba. Paper presented at the East Nusantara Conference in Kupang.
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^ Blust, Robert (2008). "Is There a Bima-Sumba Subgroup?". Oceanic Linguistics. 47 (1): 45–113.
doi:
10.1353/ol.0.0006.
JSTOR
20172340.
S2CID
144311741.
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^ Verdizade, Allahverdi (2019).
Selected topics in the phonology and morphosyntax of Laboya: A field study (MA thesis). Stockholm University.
Further reading
- Lovestrand, Joey (2021). "Languages of Sumba: State of the field". NUSA. 70: 39–60.
doi:
10.15026/100089.
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