Vernacular of Savu
- Alternate
names: Hawoe/Hawu,
Hawoenese/Hawunese), Savu/Savoe,
Savunese/Savoenese, Havu/Havoe, Havunese/
Havoenese, Sawu /Sawoe,
Sawunese/Sawoenese, Sabu, Sabunese.
- Dialects: Heb'a (Seba),
Dimu (Timu), Lii Ae/Liae, Mehara
(Mesara), Rai Djua (Rai Jua).
- Classification: Austronesian,
Malayo-Polynesian, Central-Eastern,
Central Malayo-Polynesian, Bima-Sumba.
- Population:
110,000 (1997), including
15-25,000 outside of Savu (1981 Wurm and
Hattori).
- Distribution:
Islands of Savu and Rai Djoea, Sumba
(especially in Waingapoe and Melolo),
Ende area of Flores and the Kupang area
of West Timor.
- Grammar:
Closely related to Ndao and the languages
of Sumba.
- Typology:
Complex phonetics with implosives,
glottal, long and short vowels,
diphthongs, long and short consonants.
Savunese names and words
that contain the letter "S" are
substituted with the letter "H" in
Savunese. e.g. "Sawoe" is spelt and
pronounced "Hawoe". The letter
"J" is subtituted with "Dj",
e.g. "Djua" for "Jua",
"C" is subtituted with
"Tj",e.g. "Welmintje" spelt
also as "Welmince" (a name),
"Tie" is subtituted with
"Si", e.g. "Fundatie" is also
spelt "Fundasi" (foundation) and
"Oe" is subtituted with "U",
e.g. "Djoea" is also spelt
"Djua".
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Tali/Francesca Von Reinhaart
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