Sumba–Flores languages
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Subgroup of the Austronesian language family
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| Geographic distribution | Indonesia (Lesser Sunda Islands) |
| Linguistic classification | Austronesian
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| Glottolog | flor1240 |
The Sumba–Flores languages, which correspond to the traditional "Bima–Sumba" subgroup minus
Sumba Island
.
The
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
- Manggarai–Rembong: Kepo', Wae Rana
- Central Flores–Palu'e
- Palu'e
- Central Flores
- Ende–Lio: a dialect cluster of Ke'o
- Ngada: So'a(dialect cluster)
- Ende–Lio: a dialect cluster of
- Manggarai–Rembong:
- Sumba–Hawu
See also
References
- JSTOR 20172340.
Further reading
- Gasser, Emily. 2014. Subgrouping in Nusa Tenggara: The case of Bima-Sumba. In Jeffrey Connor-Linton and Luke Wander Amoroso (eds.), Measured Language: Quantitative Studies of Acquisition, Assessment, and Variation, 63-78. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
External links
- LexiRumah (part of the Lesser Sunda linguistic databases)
- Reconstructing the past through languages of the present: the Lesser Sunda Islands
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- * indicates proposed status
- ? indicates classification dispute
- † indicates extinct status
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