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Preferred term

hvnSabu  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • The Hawu Havu language, historically Sawu and known to outsiders as Savu or Sabu (thus Havunese, Savunese, Sawunese), is the language of Savu Island in Indonesia and of Raijua Island off the western tip of Savu. Traditionally classified as a Sumba language in the Austronesian family, it may actually be a non-Austronesian (Papuan) language. (See Savu languages for details.) Dhao, once considered a dialect, is not mutually intelligible with Hawu.

Entry terms

  • Hawu language

ISO 639-3 code

  • hvn

Notation

  • hvn

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/hvn

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