Alternate Names: Havunese, Sabu, Savu, Savunese, Sawu, Sawunese
Dialects: Liae, Mesara (Mehara), Raijua (Raidjua), Seba (Heba), Timu (Dimu).
Genealogy:
Demographics: 110,000 (1997). About 30,000 outside Sabu Island.
Language Use: Used as L2 by Helong [heg].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2000.
Typology: Complex phonetics with implosives, glottal, long and short vowels, long and short consonants.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Indonesia
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.