Sumbawa is a mixture of ethnic groups ethnic-ethnic immigrants who have diffuse ethnic groups with immigrants who first inhabited the former Sultanate of Sumbawa, so bear awareness akan own cultural identity that characterized the presence of language or Sumbawa basa Samawa as the language of unity antaretnik that inhabit this part of the island .
Mahsun (2002) in the Prospect of the District notes that Sumbawa Sumbawa ancient language before (prabahasa Sumbawa) broken into four dialects that have this now, first broken into two dialects, namely pradialek Taliwang-Jereweh-Tongo and dialects Sumbawabesar or cikal bakalnya dialect called Seran. Then this variation evolved over time to enter the historical phase, pradialek Taliwang-Jereweh-Tongo broken into three stand-alone dialect. In Sumbawa is known at this time some of the dialects or regional variations in language based on the distribution, among dialects Samawa, Baturotok or Batulante, and dialect-dialect that is used in the mountains Ropang as Labangkar, Lawen the dialect used Selesek, and the population in the south Lunyuk, in addition, there are dialects Taliwang, Jereweh, Tongo and dialects. In the regional dialect-dialect is still there are a number of regional variations in dialect used by the community menand.

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