Hitu language

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Hitu
Native to Indonesia
Region Ambon Island, Maluku
Ethnicity Hitu people
Native speakers
(16,000 cited 1987) [1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3 htu
Glottolog hitu1239

Hitu is an Austronesian language of the Central Malayo-Polynesian subgroup spoken on Ambon Island in eastern Indonesia, part of a dialect chain of Seram Island, by the Hitu people.

Hitu is the name of a village; each of the villages, Wakal, Morela, Mamala, Hitu, and Hila, are said to have their own dialect.

References

  1. Hitu at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed Access logo transparent.svg