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Kambera (also known as Sumbanese, East Sumbanese, Oost-Sumbaas, Humba, Hilu Humba, East Sumba, and Sumba) is a Malayo-Polynesian
language spoken in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Kambera is a member of Bima-Sumba subgrouping within Central Malayo-Polynesian
inside Malayo-Polynesian. The island of Sumba, located in the Eastern Indonesia, has an area of 12,297 km. The name Kambera
comes from a traditional region which is close to a town in Waingapu. Because of export trades which concentrated in Waingapu
in the 19th century, the language of the Kambera region has become the bridging language in eastern Sumba. There are many
names for the language Kambera. Its speakers refer to Kambera as hilu Humba ‘Sumbanese language’. In the Dutch literature,
Kambera is known as Sumbaneesch, Sumba(a)sch, Oost-Sumbaas and Kamberaas. In Indonesian literature, it is referred as Bahasa
Sumba/Kamberaor Bahasa Sumba Timur dalam dialek Kambera (‘Eastern Sumbanese in the Kambera dialect’). |
Names (more)[en] Kambera language[fi] Kambera [fr] Kambera [id] Bahasa Kambera [nl] Kamberaas [th] ภาษากัมเบอรา |
Language type : Living
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