Sumba–Flores languages
The Sumba–Flores languages, which correspond to the traditional "Bima–Sumba" subgroup minus Bima, are a proposed group of Austronesian 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.
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 finds moderate support for linking the languages of western and central Flores with Sumba–Hawu.- Sumba–Flores
- *Sumba–Hawu
- **Hawu–Dhao
- **Sumba languages
- *Western Flores
- **Manggarai–Rembong: Komodo, Manggarai, Manus, Riung, Rembong, Rajong, Kepo', Wae Rana
- **Central Flores–Paluʼe
- ***Paluʼe
- ***Central Flores
- ****Ende–Lio: a dialect cluster of Ende, Lio, Nage, Kéo
- ****Ngada: Namut–Nginamanu, Ngadʼa, Rongga, Soʼa