Sumbawa

language spoken predominantly by the Sumbawa ethnic group native to the Sumbawa island in Indonesia
Language language Q3182585
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Sumbawa

Summary

Sumbawa is a language[1]. Sumbawa ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sumbawa is in the country of Indonesia[3].
  • Sumbawa's instance of is recorded as language[4].
  • Sumbawa's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Sumbawa is a type of Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa[6].
  • Sumbawa's writing system is recorded as Latin script[7].
  • Sumbawa's Commons category is recorded as Sumbawa language[8].
  • Sumbawa's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -8.716666666666667, 'lon': 117.46666666666667}[9].
  • Sumbawa's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sumbawa language[10].
  • Sumbawa's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+300000'}[11].
  • Sumbawa's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'und', 'text': 'Basa Samawa'}[12].
  • Sumbawa's different from is recorded as Sumba[13].
  • Sumbawa's indigenous to is recorded as West Nusa Tenggara[14].
  • Sumbawa's indigenous to is recorded as Lesser Sunda Islands[15].
  • Sumbawa's indigenous to is recorded as Sumbawa[16].
  • Sumbawa's indigenous to is recorded as West Sumbawa[17].
  • Sumbawa's indigenous to is recorded as Mataram[18].
  • Sumbawa's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/SMW[19].
  • Sumbawa's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 6a Vigorous[20].

Why It Matters

Sumbawa ranks in the top 5% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (85 views/month).[2] Sumbawa has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Sumbawa is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-28 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Coordinate location {'lat': -8.716666666666667, 'lon': 117.46666666666667}
    Subclass of Bali–Sasak–Sumbawa
    Ethnologue language status 6a Vigorous
    Indigenous to West Nusa Tenggara, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumbawa +2
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007532083005171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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