| Sumbawa | |
|---|---|
| Basa Semawa | |
| Spoken in | Sumbawa |
| Native speakers | 300,000 (1989) |
| Language family |
Austronesian
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | smw |
Sumbawa (Sumbawarese) is the language of the western half of Sumbawa Island, Indonesia, which it shares with Bima. It is closely related to the languages of adjacent Lombok and Bali; indeed, it is the westernmost language in the south of Indonesia that is not part of the Central Malayo-Polynesian Sprachbund.