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| Haruku | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Indonesia |
| Region | Haruku Island, Moluccas |
Native speakers | (20,000 cited 1989) [1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | hrk |
| Glottolog | haru1244 |
Haruku is an Austronesian language spoken on Haruku Island, just east of Ambon Island in eastern Indonesia, part of a dialect chain around Seram Island.
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