ISO 639-3 · hvnhvn
Austronesian family
Hawu
Hawu is a language of the Hawu–Dhao branch (Austronesian), spoken in Indonesia. Wikidata counts about 110,000 speakers (1997). Wikidata describes it as “Austronesian language of the Savu people in Indonesia”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
hvn- Glottocode
sabu1255- Family
- Austronesian
- EGIDS
- 5 Developing
- Centre point
- -10.46, 121.88
- Wikipedia
- 12 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
1scripts
5levels in the tree
5EGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Hawu |
|---|---|
| Also called | Sabu, Havunese, Savu, Savunese, Sawu |
| All speakers | 110,000 (1997) |
| Written in | Latin script |
Vitality
EGIDS 5 Developing5
Stable. Spoken by all generations at home, with or without schooling — EGIDS 5 and 6a.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Austronesian to Hawu
The branches above Hawu, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in Indonesia
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalcmnMandarin ChineseSino-Tibetan · 1.07 bn1 · NationalcmnStandard ChineseSino-Tibetan · 897.1 maraArabicAfroasiatic · 315.4 mSafeindIndonesianAustronesian · 199 m1 · NationaljavJavaneseAustronesian · 84.3 m4 · EducationaltamTamilDravidian · 83 m2 · ProvincialmsaMalayAustronesian · 77 mnanSouthern MinSino-Tibetan · 48.3 m6a · VigoroushakHakka ChineseSino-Tibetan · 48.2 m5 · Developing