Kambera Language (xbr)

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Also Known As: East Sumbanese,Sumbanese,Oost-sumbaas,Sumba,Humba,Hilu Humba,East Sumba


Description:

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. The diphthongs /ai/ and /au/ function phonologically as the long counterparts to /e/ and /o/, respectively.

Kambera formerly had /s/, but a sound change occurring around the turn of the 20th century replaced all occurrences of former /s/ with /h/...... full article at Wikipedia

Location of Kambera Language Speakers

http://llmap.org/languages/xbr/static_map.png?width=400&height=300&kilroywashere=.png

Overview

Main Country: Indonesia
Spoken In:

Regions: Asia

ISO 639-3 Code: xbr

Classification Taxonomy

All Languages

  Austronesian Group

    Malayo-Polynesian Group

      Central-Eastern Group

        Central Malayo-Polynesian Group

          Bima-Sumba Group

            Kambera Language