Hitu References

Hitu
Hitu
Native to	Indonesia
Region	Ambon Island, Maluku
Native speakers	(16,000 cited 1987)
Language family	Austronesian Malayo-Polynesian Central–Eastern Central Maluku ? East Central Maluku Seram ? Nunusaku Piru Bay East Seram Straits Ambon Hitu; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
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.

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

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